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What is the historical origin/context of the stereotype of women being bad drivers?	13
I read a biography of John Knox claiming his achievement was not deterring Catholicism from regaining power, but deterring an Anglican system imported from England, a more powerful country. How did Switzerland and the Netherlands maintain their reformed disciplines bordering more powerful countries?	11
What gave rise to the terms ''West Indies'' and ''East Indies'' to describe European colonies which were 10,000 miles apart?	11
Why was the word 'necropolis' revived for use in cities like Glasgow, in place of cemetery, in the 19th century?	11
The Church of Scotland are credited with promoting wide access to primary education and more entrants to universities in Scotland after the Reformation. Was there any similar Church-based reforms to primary, secondary and higher education being led in equivalence by the Church of England?	11
Today marks the 28th anniversary of German re-unification, and thus, the fall of the German Democratic Republic. Did negotiations ever take place to allow the DDR anthem "Auferstanden aus Ruinen" to become the national anthem of the unified Germany?	10
Why are some countries referred to as a ''fatherland'' and some referred to as a ''motherland''?	10
Do we know of any historical accounts of poverty, written by British peasantry in the early modern period?	9
How often/How easy was it for people outside of the party elite or upper class to rise high in the ranks of the SS or Waffen-SS?	9
Why is cricket less popular in Scotland than England? Is this smaller following in Scotland linked to why Canada - where many Scots made home in the 19th century - does not have a successful cricket team, despite the sport being ubiquitous in many of the British Empire's other dominions?	9

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