var qnum;
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	function giveHint(qnum){
		var smallWin=window.open("","","width=250,height=250,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes");
		smallWin.document.open();
		wText=hintText[qnum];
		smallWin.document.write("<CENTER>"
		+"<B>Hint for Question "
		+ qnum
		+"</B></CENTER><HR>"
		+ wText
		+"<HR><CENTER><FORM>"
		+"<INPUT TYPE='button' VALUE='Close' onClick="
		+ 'self.close()'
		+ "></FORM></CENTER>" );
		smallWin.focus();
	}
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	function wellDone(){
		alert("Yes! Well done")
				}
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	function tryAgain(){
		alert("Sorry, that's not right. Try again!")
	}
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	var hintText=new Array();
	hintText[1]="The Romans built great towns, good roads and enforced the law.  The Britains missed them when they left.";

	hintText[2]="They came from what is now Italy, and they wrote in Latin.  Many modern languages (including English) are based on Latin."
	;

	hintText[3]="The Roman Empire covered what we now call Europe.   They also conquered northern Africa and England. "
	;

	hintText[4]="No clues for this one!"
	;

	hintText[5]="Roman children played hide and seek, chase, hopscotch, leapfrog and ball games.    They had swings, kites, building blocks and dolls.  Of course they didn't have computer games and bikes! "

	;

	hintText[6]="Emperor Hadrian ordered the wall to be built at the edge of the Roman Empire to keep out the Picts and the Scots - tribes who wanted to attack the Romans. "

	;

	hintText[7]="Wealthy Romans loved to show off.  They liked lying on sofas and being waited on by slaves because it made them look super cool."
	;

	hintText[8]="The Romans had many Gods and were very superstitious.   They disagreed with anyone who would not worship their Gods.  To start with they were very mean to the Christians, who insisted on worshipping only one God, but eventually the Romans became Christians themselves. "
	;

	hintText[9]="They're all true except one.";


	hintText[10]="The Latin for seven is 'septem' and September used to be the seventh month in the old Roman calendar. ";
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