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Trivia Questions

The Yi dynasty ruled this country from 1392 until its annexation by Japan in 1910

The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 ended this numerical war

The Mau Mau Rebellion, which began in 1952, was an uprising against British rule in this African country

Nickname given the WWII backyard vegetable patches

In May of 1780, Gen. Benjamin Lincoln was forced to surrender this South Carolina port to the British

More than 200 U.S. Marines were killed in 1983 by a truck bomb at their barracks in this Mideast capital

He related the story of Pocahontas in his "General History of Virginia" in 1624

The Battle of Palo Alto, fought May 8, 1846, was the first battle of this war

In 1953, this island's first year as a U.S. commonwealth, 75,000 residents moved to the mainland

This president collapsed September 25, 1919 & one week later suffered a stroke