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Were there countries or communities in which day-to-day life was completely unchanged by the World Wars? (Excluding uncontacted peoples)	3
English parliament supposedly delayed the execution of King Charles by a few hours to pass a bill making the politicians the sole source of authority: what was the bill, what were its contents and does it still stand today?	3
In 1991 a 48-hour period in Italy saw the deaths of 140 after a ferry collided with an oil tanker (Moby Prince disaster) and the leaking of 50,000 tonnes of crude into the Mediterranean (MT Haven disaster). Did the global oil transit trade change and did Italy feel a lasting impact?	3
Burke and Wills were the first people to cross Australia, but died on the return journey. Why didn't they just have a boat meet them in the North? Or head for a Northern settlement?	3
Do historians now believe Albert Speer’s assertion that he was largely unaware of the Holocaust? Could Hitler’s protege really have been as ignorant as he claimed?	3
Supposedly the Soviets did not realise that SS soldiers had their blood group tattooed on their left arm until late in 1945. How was this possible, after years of war and intelligence gathering?	3
Is Halloween (31 Oct) important as the day Martin Luther supposedly made public the Ninety-Five Theses? It is also the day before All Saint's Day (1 Nov) and he nailed them to the All Saint's Church. Is this just coincidence, or allegorically important?	3
How important has the 'anthropomorphism' of God been to scholars in Christian history? Have ideas like the left and right hand of God been consistently recognised or has their validity changed over time?	2
How and why did President Harry Truman come to join the Ku Klux Klan? In what way did it impact his life and career?	2
Did the Allies really plan to partition Japan among themselves at one point? What would the specifics of this plan have been?	2

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