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Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
England's long line of matriarchs has come to a head with this second-longest serving monarch, who's children I would imagine, will most likely never get to rule, since it seems like she'll live forever.
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Who is Captain America?
Steve Rodgers
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What is Independence?
A word that means sovereignty for a country, or cooking your own dinner.
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What is A Tale of Two Cities?
This Dickens novel follows a lawyer who wants to help people during the french revolution but gets caught up in the chaos in the end.
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What is Monopoly?
This game, previously known as the landlords game, first made its debut in the great depression.
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Who is Maria Theresa?
This Austrian Matriarch managed to have her children on the thrones of 5 different European countries at once but lost one during the French Revolution of 1789
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Who is Batman?
Bruce Wayne
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What is Indigenous?
That which is native to an area, people or things, is referred to as this
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What is Little Women?
This American novel, following an aspiring writer and her family during the civil war, was the first bestseller written by a woman in American History.
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What is Chess?
This strategy game, old as the hills, evolved to where we know it today from an early variant coming out of India known as Chaturanga, where the playing field is four-sided as opposed to just two.
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Who is Queen Victoria?
All three major belligerents in world war 1 trace their lineage directly back to this matriarch of
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Who is the Green Lantern?
Hal Jordan
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What is Incredulous?
To doubt, to be confused, or to distrust, something that is said is to be this
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What is Les Miserables?
This novel by Victor Hugo, about a redeemed convict seeking to make things right by god, was so controversial, it was banned in some french bookstores for its revolutionary sentiments.
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What is Stratego?
This board game, debuting on the heels of world war 2, puts players in the role of a Napoleonic military general, but the aim is to capture the flag.
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Who is Hatshepsut?
This strong but unfortunate Egyptian Pharaoh, and the first in a long line of Female Pharaohs, had her likenesses defaced by her son Thutmosis III, with her own mortuary temple being nearly wiped clean of her face.
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Who is Daredevil?
Matt Murdock
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What is Indonesia?
This is the largest Muslim country in the World.
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What is Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley's modern retelling of Prometheus features an arctic expedition, many speech lessons, and a tragic wedding scene, none of which made it into its 1931 cinematic adaptation.
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What is Sorry?
Suis desolee, this board game, often long and ongoing, features a track that all players must round at the same time, but if you get hit, you go back to the start.
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Who is Eleanor of Aquitaine?
This royal matron gave birth to 10 children, two of whom would rule England after her husband, Henry II, died
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Who is Thor?
Donald Blake
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What is Iste?
The word for "That" in Latin.
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What is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
The father of American literature penned this classic novel about a mischievous country boy and his pals, drawing from his own childhood in Hannibal, Missouri
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What is Cluedo/Clue?
This game, invented by an English musician after world war 2, combined the words for a fact gained in an investigation, and the Latin word for play. We shortened the title when it came to America though since not enough of us know Latin.
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