General World History
These Scandinavians were known for their longboats and violent plunders during the Middle Ages?
Who were the Vikings
The 3rd US President
Who was Thomas Jefferson
This was the nickname given to Ronald Reagan's 1983 missile defence system
What is Star Wars
They conquered and colonised the Mayans
Who were the Spanish
This country was the first that was invaded by Germany in WWII
What is Poland
The oldest university in the English-speaking world
What is the Oxford University
This person was George Washington's vice president during his term?
Who is John Adams
This was the year that Google was launched
When was 1998
When was 80AD
Regarded as "the father of international law", the young lawyer Hugo Grotius published the Mare Liberum (The Free Sea) in 1609 because of this maritime conflict 6 years prior, in the early years of the Dutch-Portuguese War.
It was off the off the shores of this country that the conflict took place.
Where was Singapore
In 1610, Galileo Galilei, with a newly invented scientific instrument, managed to obtain empirical evidence for a then controversial theory, part of a then century-long debate and scientific revolution.
This movement, also known as the first historical example of a paradigm shift in science, was named after this person.
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus.
This person is on the US $50 bill
Who was Ulysses S. Grant
This person was the first American to orbit the Earth
Who was John Glenn
The construction of the Great Wall of China began in the ____ century BCE.
What is 7th (century).
The Hundred Years War lasted for ____ years.
What is 116
This city hosted the first World's Fair
Where is London
The first woman in history to run for president in the US?
Who was Victoria Woodhull (in 1872)
This city hosted the second modern Olympic Games
Where is Paris
Hawaii was officially admitted as the 50th US state in this year
When was 1959
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended this war.
Mexican-American War (1846-48)
This person was the last English monarch killed in battle
Who was King Richard III
How many state capitals are named after US presidents?
What is 4
1. Jackson, Mississippi (Andrew Jackson)
2. Jefferson City, Missouri (Thomas Jefferson)
3. Lincoln, Nebraska (Abraham Lincoln)
4. Madison, Wisconsin (James Madison)
This author was declared medically unfit and rejected for active military service in WWII, and subsequently joined the BBC to broadcast British propaganda.
Who was George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)
A rebellion by slaves that resulted in the establishment of this independent Caribbean country in the early 1800s.
What is Haiti
This military conflict is the shortest recorded war in history
(Answer requires both the name of the conflict and the duration of the conflict)
What is the Anglo-Zanzibar War oh 1896
What is 38 minutes