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Trivia Questions

Declaring bankruptcy to get out of jail in 1819, he now had time to smell the roses & draw the birds

For the last 8 years of his life, Galileo was under house arrest for espousing this man's theory

Built in 312 B.C. to link Rome & the South of Italy, it's still in use today

In 1000 Rajaraja I of the Cholas battled to take this Indian Ocean island now known for its tea

Karl led the first of these Marxist organizational efforts; the second one began in 1889

A king described Nepal as "a yam between two boulders"; one is India, this is the other

The golden age of Licchavi rule was followed by 300 years of these ages, also a term used of medieval Europe

Promulgated in 1990, the Nepali constitution is the only one in the world that makes this the state religion

Because this was Dipendra's title when he killed his father in 2001, he was briefly king before dying of his own wounds

This name of the dynasty that has ruled Nepal since 1769 is also the Persian word for "King"