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Were any Africans who were brought to the Americas as slaves already Christians before being forcibly removed from Africa?	3
Lately, Steven Spielberg has called for banning Netflix films from the Oscars, as he fears it may undermine the theatrical film viewing experience. Did the film-making establishment make similar pronouncements against VHS or Betamax in the 70s and 80s?	3
How common was Christianity among pre-Islamic Arabs?	3
I'm a twenty-something, upper-class (or prosperous middle-class) Londoner in the 1810s. In terms of everyday dress, which years of the decade (if any) am I likely to be using knee breeches and which years am I likely to use trousers that go down to my ankle?	3
Are there pre-Columbian surnames that survive among modern Mexicans (particularly those who belong to an indigenous ethnic group), specifically that are not revivals, but rather have that been passed down from generation to generation since the pre-conquest period?	3
In the majority of the early versions of Miguel Hidalgo's Shout of Dolores, he says "Long live Ferdinand VII!" Is it wrong to say that the father of Mexican independence was a royalist?	3
According to its etymological origin, the word senate means "council of elders." Did the Roman Senate begin with a minimum age requirement? If so, did it change between the foundation of the Republic and the 6th century AD?	3
Is modern Mexican political corruption in any way a holdover from Spanish colonial governing practices?	3
How accurate is the portrayal of the poor neighborhoods of 1830's London as having streets covered by an unbroken layer of dung, as seen in Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist adaptation?	3
Franks and Frankness; or, What Does an Ancient Germanic Tribe Have to Do with Being Forthright and Candid?	3

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