European Geography
It's the name of the peninsula that includes Sweden & Norway as well as the region that also includes Denmark
The adventures of this J.M. Barrie title character have appeared with the subtitle "The Boy who Wouldn't Grow Up"
Who is Peter Pan?
The Middle Ages are traditionally defined as the period beginning with the 5th c. collapse of this empire
What is the Roman Empire?
"Into Thin Air" tells of a catastrophic trek up this highest mountain in the world
What is Mount Everest?
She was just 18 when she became queen consort of France in 1774
Kyiv is the capital of this country?
What is Ukraine?
You're going on an adventure with dwarves & dragons if you're reading this book subtitled "There and Back Again"
What is The Hobbit?
The Middle Ages came to an end in the 14th & 15th centuries with the dawn of this era of revival & discovery
What is the Renaissance?
These tennis sisters dole out advice to teens in "Serving from the hip: 10 rules for living, loving, and winning"
Who are the Williamses?
Evidence suggests that this boy king had malaria, perhaps why he dies around age 18
Who is King Tut(ankhamen)
These 2 rivers, one flowing through France & the other through Germany, differ by a letter
What are the Rhine and the Rhone?
Charles Dickens novel subtitled "The Parish Boy's Progress"
What is Oliver Twist?
The high period of this architectural style of rib vaults & pointed arches began around 1200
What is Gothic?
This book about high school football, "a town, a team, and a dream" inspired a movie & a TV series; go Panthers!
What is Friday Night Lights?
Juan II, a feeble teenage king of Castile in the 1420s, is best remembered as this queen's father
Who is Isabella?
This mountain range forms a natural barrier between France & Spain
What are the Pyrenees?
This Alex Haley book is subtitled "The Saga of an American Family"
What is Roots?
The first of these military expeditions to the Holy Land was launched in 1095
What is a Crusade?
Shot by the Taliban, a teen activist from Pakistan lived to tell her story in the book, "I Am" her
Who is Malala (Yousafzai)?
This queen of Scots was briefly the queen consort of France--until she became a widow at 17
Who is Mary, Queen of Scots?
In north central Italy, you'll find another country altogether, the tiny Republic of this
What is San Marino?
Earth is a scary place in this recent Max Brooks novel subtitled "An Oral History of the Zombie War"
What is World War Z?
This saintly Italian, the leading theologian of the Middle Ages, did all of his theologizing in the 1200s
Who is Thomas Aquinas?
Jared Diamond won a Pulitzer Prize for this book with a 3-part title dealing with "The Fates of Human Societies"
What is Guns, Germs, and Steel?
Wudi, who became emperor around age 16, made this school of philosophy the state religion of China
What is Confucianism?