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1. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Borden was alleged to have murdered two members of her family in Massachusetts in the 1890s. Whom was she alleged to have murdered?
2. Most people have heard of Stanley and Livingstone and the phrase supposedly uttered by Stanley when the two met, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Livingstone's given name was David. What was Stanley's given name?
3. The inscription on the tomb of William Shakespeare includes a curse directed against anyone disturbing his remains.
4. Rudolf Hess, the longest incarcerated of the major Nazi War Criminals tried by the Nuremberg Tribunal died on August 17, 1987. What became of Spandau Prison, in which he had been quartered, after his death?
5. The song 'Good King Wenceslas' refers to the Duke of Bohemia who ruled from 921 until 935 when he was overthrown and murdered by his younger brother Boleslav. What festive occasion is celebrated in this song.
6. Robert E. Lee was an American military leader best known for his role in the American Civil War. Lee graduated from the US Military Academy in 1829 ranked second in his class behind Charles Mason. What became of the man who graduated ahead of Robert E Lee?
7. The well known Mexican political and military leader Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana (better known simply as Santa Anna), became a Mexican national hero by defeating a Spanish military expedition sent to regain control of Mexico in 1829. Who led the invading Spanish forces?
8. Idi Amin Dada, the brutal military dictator of Uganda from 1971 to 1979, was at one time an acclaimed advocate of human rights and peace.
9. Louis Rose is best known in relation to what famous battle or war?
10. How or from what, did the famous British soldier & author T.E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, die?
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