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Answer score of 5 or more to a question score of -2 or less that goes on to receive a score of 2 or more. This badge can be awarded multiple times.
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Karl Marx's usage of "Moor"
Awarded Aug 15 at 23:31
Why didn't Russia colonize in the scramble for Africa?
Awarded May 26 at 1:31
Were the Assyrians and the Akkadians different people or the same people under a different name?
Awarded Mar 27 at 13:51
Did courtiers of antiquity hold in their pee or did they have common commodes available in the king/queen's court?
Awarded Mar 8 at 21:15
Is Indus civilization over 8000 years old?
Awarded Aug 24, 2022 at 7:02
Who (or what) has received the most votes for anything in human history?
Awarded Aug 8, 2022 at 16:06
After the First Opium war, Why didn't Britain demand large amounts of territory from China?
Awarded May 26, 2022 at 18:35
Have there been any great female military commanders?
Awarded Feb 18, 2022 at 20:27
Why would chickens be blue in the Soviet Union?
Awarded Jan 18, 2022 at 21:11
Why would chickens be blue in the Soviet Union?
Awarded Jan 18, 2022 at 21:11
How well did American bombers fight enemy fighters in World War II?
Awarded Aug 25, 2021 at 21:46
How did they measure speed in the 19th century so they could issue the first speeding ticket?
Awarded Jul 24, 2021 at 16:50
Did Germany lose World War II when/because "kill ratios" started moving "against" her?
Awarded May 30, 2021 at 19:06
Why did Hitler send Manstein's army (and not some other) to Leningrad in the summer of 1942?
Awarded May 9, 2021 at 19:18
Why has the khopesh never been used since ancient Egypt?
Awarded Feb 24, 2021 at 5:05
What happened to the compass platform on the Titanic?
Awarded Feb 12, 2021 at 19:43
Have there been any great female military commanders?
Awarded Jan 13, 2021 at 14:06
Have there been any great female military commanders?
Awarded Jan 13, 2021 at 14:06
Did French troops use chemical weapons during the Siege of Laghouat in 1852?
Awarded Dec 10, 2020 at 5:56
Was Swastika a universally-recognized symbol of fascism as early as 1925?
Awarded Sep 27, 2020 at 14:05
Was there Church opposition to heliocentrism in 1600?
Awarded Aug 8, 2020 at 11:22
Is there any evidence that the book of Isaiah was written before Cyrus?
Awarded Jun 9, 2020 at 2:41
Have American urban rioters ever looted residences?
Awarded Jun 1, 2020 at 16:01
Why has the khopesh never been used since ancient Egypt?
Awarded Apr 29, 2020 at 19:12
Why was Nixon never tried for treason for allegedly sabotaging the 1968 Peace Talks?
Awarded Apr 27, 2020 at 9:52
Is there an example of 19th century non-believer who fluently alludes to Scripture?
Awarded Mar 6, 2020 at 23:20
Does the Ottoman Empire count as a colonial power?
Awarded Mar 5, 2020 at 14:05
Does the Ottoman Empire count as a colonial power?
Awarded Mar 5, 2020 at 14:05
When did the number of motor driven vehicles surpass the number of horse driven vehicles in Paris, London, Berlin?
Awarded Jan 10, 2020 at 22:20
Was there ever support for any persons outside of the empire to be elected Holy Roman Emperor?
Awarded Nov 7, 2019 at 0:40
Why didn't Aboriginal Australians invent agriculture?
Awarded Oct 12, 2019 at 8:00
Did the Byzantines ever attempt to move their capital to Rome?
Awarded Sep 5, 2019 at 12:55
Why didn't Asian countries expand and trade with Europe?
Awarded Jul 20, 2019 at 0:10
What was the true status of Hessian mercenaries?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
Were there any Frankish/French kings who probably had no extramarital sexual relations?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
When did the practice of formally "declaring war" cease and why?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
What were the ethnic backgrounds of the slaves in Ancient Greece?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
Egypt at the time of Cleopatra
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
Why did some ancient societies make human sacrifices but others did not?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
At the start of the Second Punic War, why didn't Hannibal engage Publius Scipio in Hispania, but crossed the alps instead?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
How do modern historians evaluate Sherman's "Total War"?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
Was the 1959 Tibetan Uprising really an uprising?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
How could black men serve as officers in the US army during segregation?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
In a broad sense, what are the reasons for the history-spanning persecution of Jews?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
After the American Civil War, which states had the most problems with rejoining the Union?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
Did the Nazis regard chemical warfare as inhumane and "Jewish"?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
Was there ever any co-existence solution to peace with Israel that the Arab Palestinian side proposed or said would accept?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
Hitler's Death: Fact or Fiction
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
Battles that ended with a disaster for all the parties
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
Why and when did countries develop long names that include the form of government?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
Did the Great Wall of China help cause the fall of the Roman Empire?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
What was the cleanest war ever fought?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
Did the ancients build elaborate, automated traps?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
Which submarine was invented first?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
How was President Andrew Jackson able to eliminate U.S national debt in 1835?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
Did any contemporary sources write about Jesus?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
Who was (reputed to be) Alexander The Great's real father?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
Are Western European countries more ethnically heterogenous than 100 years ago?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
How many Spartan boys survived army training?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
Why did the United States want to "make Europe prosperous once more" with the Marshall Plan?
Awarded Jun 18, 2019 at 17:25
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