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100
When did WWI officially end?
November 11, 1918
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Mary Antoinette was married to which French king?
Louis XVI
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What is the name of the period of starvation lasting from 1845 to 1852 in Ireland?
The Irish Potato Famine
100
Who wrote the Illyad?
Homer
100
Where was William Shakespeare born?
Bonus: What is known to be his first play written?
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Bonus: Henry VI, 1 & 2 or The Two Gentlemen of Verona
200
What year did the Titanic sink?
1912
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Who is often called "the father of the atomic bomb"?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
200
Who was England's longest-ruling monarch?
Queen Elizabeth II
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Who painted the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
200
Which two wives did Henry VIII have beheaded?
Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard
300
How many years did the Hundred Years War last?
Bonus: Who was involved?
116
Bonus: The English and the French: The war was eventually won by the French at the Battle of Castillon in 1453. This was largely due to the French use of guns against the English.
300
What were the first names of the Wright brothers?
Orville and Wilbur
300
How long did the Great Depression last?
12 years, from 1929 to 1941
300
What painting movement was founded by Claude Monet?
Impressionism
300
How many US vice presidents have gone on to become president?
15, with the most recent being Joe Biden.
400
When was Berlin reunified?
October 3, 1990
400
How did Joan of Arc die?
She was burned at the stake.
Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in 1431 for heresy by an English-dominated tribunal after being captured and sold to the English during the Hundred Years' War:
Joan claimed to have received visions from the Archangel Michael, Saint Margaret, and Saint Catherine, and that God had chosen her to lead France to victory. Her beliefs were not strictly orthodox, and she threatened the church hierarchy by claiming to communicate directly with God.
400
What 14th-century disease decimated a third of Europe’s population?
The Bubonic Plague
400
Who nailed (or mailed) his 95 theses to the Catholic Church in 1517?
Martin Luther
400
Who has been the youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize?
Bonus: Who is the oldest?
Malala Yousafzai at age 17 for her work to bring global attention to the threat to girls' education in Pakistan.
Bonus: John B Goodenough: won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019 at the age of 97 related to work on lithium-ion batteries.
500
What is the shortest presidential term in US history?
32 days, belonging to William Henry Harrison
500
What movie star famously married the Prince of Monaco?
Grace Kelly
500
What is the name of the historical period set between 476 A.D. to 1450 A.D. ?
The Middle Ages
500
Who wrote Les Miserables?
Victor Hugo
500
What was the name of the family that ruled Russia until they were overthrown and killed in 1917?
The Romanovs