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Trivia Questions

During the War of 1812, he had command of 3 brigs, 5 schooners & a sloop on Lake Erie

The Continental Congress approved this "game" to raise money for the army; it never hit $250 million (dollars)

After 3 previous acquittals, this reputed crime family boss was finally convicted in New York City on April 2, 1992

Dash-ing code creator born in 1791(5)

Due to expansive pork processing facilities, this city on the Ohio River was once known as "Porkopolis"

He shook up society in the 1960s & later published "Revolution for the Hell of It" & "Steal This Book"

This Spanish explorer, not Ponce de Leon, claimed Florida for Spain in June of 1539

Gaspard II de Coligny, a leader of these French Protestants, was disemboweled & thrown out of a window in 1572

Muhammad V, for whom a university in Rabat is named, was a sultan, & later king, of this country

This monk might have said, "Give peas a chance"; he used pea plants to discover the laws of heredity