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1. With so many delegates speaking so many different languages, how does the United Nations get anything done?
2. What are characteristics of Modernist literature, fiction in particular?
3. Can you give me a brief history of Prussia?
4. Who were the Ottomans?
5. Who discovered oxygen?
6. What have been the major Israel and Arab conflicts since World War II?
7. Why are Republicans (or those who favor capitalism) called the "right" or "right-wing" and Democrats (or those who favor social issues) called the "left?"
8. Who were the War Hawks?
9. What does the cormorant (bird) symbolize in mythology?
10. Who are some famous female mathematicians?
11. In which play did William Shakespeare state that misery loves company?
12. How did Peter I of Russia come to power?
13. I did something really stupid yesterday, and my grandfather told me I was "hoist with my own petard." What does that mean? And what's a petard?
14. What can you tell me about Kwanzaa?
15. Who said "all's fair in love and war" and where?
16. What is the Alma-Ata declaration?
17. What is New Historicism?
18. Did Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation actually free any slaves?
19. What does Kantian mean, from a philosophical perspective?
20. How were U.S. Senators originally chosen?
21. I've heard that in some countries, everyone has to sign up for the military between high school and college. Is that true?
22. How were women treated in Ancient Rome?
23. What is the history and meaning of Turkey's flag?
24. We all know about Hitler's reputation. But did he do anything good? Why did the Germans listen to him if he was so awful?
25. What was the Tweed Ring?
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