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In what year did Einstein publish his four Annus Mirabilis ('Miracle Articles')?,

Answer: 1905,

In Russian history, what nickname did the first Tzar receive for his tyranny?,

Answer: Ivan the Terrible,

In what year did Ricardo Coração de Leão and Saladin sign a truce?,

Answer: 1192,

In what year did Alexandre Fleming discover penicillin?,

Answer: 1928,

In what year did Mark Zuckerberg create Facebook?,

Answer: 2004,

In what year did the Battle of Guandu take place?,

Answer: 200 (non-AC),

In what year was the Napoleonic Code established?,

Answer: 1804,

In which year did the first Wimbledon Tennis Championships take place?,

Answer: 1877,

In what year was the first edition of 'The Diary of Anne Frank' published?,

Answer: 1947,

In what year was the Soviet Union formally founded?,

Answer: 1922,

In what year was equestrianism included as an Olympic sport for the first time?,

Answer: Paris Olympic Games, 1900,

What color sail did Theseus use on his ship to indicate to his father, Aegeus, that he had successfully killed the Minotaur?,

Answer: White,

In what year was the Tianwen-1 Mars probe launched?,

Answer: 2020,

In 1582, Oda Nobunaga was betrayed and ambushed byr his general Akechi Mitsuhide. Where did this occur?,

Answer: Honnō-Ji Temple in Kyoto,

In the 16th-17th centuries, what disease did the famous 'plague doctors' masquerading as birds treat?,

Answer: Bubonic plague,