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1. "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" so uttered Moses as he delivered the Ten Commandments on behalf of his God. In which book of the Old Testament will you find this delivery? Genesis Numbers Leviticus Exodus

2. Which British monarch said, "I have the heart and stomach of a king" when she rallied her troops at Tilbury while they waited for the approach of the Spanish invasion? Victoria Mary I Elizabeth I Mary II

3. To show his people how to pray, who beseeched his followers to, "Turn your face toward the Sacred Mosque"? Mohammed Siddhartha Gautama Buddha Nestorius Confucius

4. What happened after King Charles I delivered the following statement "I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown"? He invaded France He was beheaded He was married He dissolved Parliament

5. Which American President's farewell address in 1796 included the following warning "a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils"? John Adams George Washington Thomas Jefferson James Madison

6. Napoleon Bonaparte uttered these famous words "Soldiers of my Old Guard: I bid you farewell" prior to his exile on Elba. True False

7. "I am here as a soldier who has temporarily left the field of battle" was uttered by which leader of the women's suffrage movement? Elizabeth Cady Stanton Emmeline Pankhurst Lady Constance Lytton Susan B. Anthony

8. Who is the American author of the books "Crime: Its Cause and Treatment" (1922) and "Infidels and Heretics" (1929) that declared "I believe in the law of love" as part of his closing defence of accused murderer, Henry Sweet, in 1926? Clarence Darrow Franz Kafka William Kunstler Lionel Hutz

9. "The world must be made safe for democracy" were the words spoken by the American President when asking Congress to enter their country into the conflict in Europe during which war? (Hint: the President's initials matched those of the conflict). World War II World War I Spanish-American War The Cold War

10. Pressed for time and in charge of a technologically backward nation, which Soviet leader demanded, "It is essential that the war continue as long as possible"? Nikita Khrushchev Vladimir Lenin Josef Stalin Alexi Rykov