European Geography
Ancient History
Medieval History
Movies
Riddles
100

At its narrowest point, this strait separates Europe from Africa by about 8 miles

Gibraltar

100

This second king of Israel conquered Jerusalem from the Jebusites around 1000 B.C. & made it the capital of his people

David

100

I reconquered most of Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire and was crowned ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.

Charlamagne

100


This mother and daughter movie sees the two trading places after disagreeing with each other.



Freaky Friday

100

I have a face, but no eyes.

I have hands, but no fingers.

I tell but I do not talk.

Clock


200

This Dutch city on about 70 islands connected by about 400 bridges is famous for its diamond cutters

Amsterdam

200

One of the great empires of its age, Assyria ruled from its capital of Nineveh on the upper reaches of this river

Tigris
200

Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe

Magellan

200


She not only saved her father‘s life by taking his place in the war, but saves all of China as well.



Mulan

200

Two brothers we are, great burdens we bear, all day we are bitterly pressed.

But this I will say, we are full all day, and empty when we go to rest.

Boots


300

These 2 rivers, one flowing through France & the other through Germany, differ by a letter

the Rhine & the Rhône

300

In 2600 B.C. The Norte Chico civilization built pyramids in what's now this country.

Peru

300

the Pope who called for the First Crusade

Pope Urban II

300


In this movie, long lost twins randomly meet and try to get their divorced parents back together.



The Parent Trap

300

I am easy to lift but hard to throw.

feather


400

This mountain range forms a natural barrier between France & Spain

the Pyrenees

400

This Bronze Age culture on Crete was the first high civilization of the Aegean & reached its peak somewhere around 1600 B.C.

the Minoan civilization

400


This group of people took control of Jerusalem in 1071 and later threatened the capital of the Byzantine Empire prompting the First crusade



Seljuk Turks

400

This film sees a dying warrior pass the torch to a reckless youth, who must rally his fellow heroic robots against a planet-sized being intent on consuming their home.

Transformers: The movie

400

I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone, and cities with no buildings.

Map

500

 This capital city sits on both sides of the Spree River but the river isn't what divided it politically for decades

Berlin

500

King Tut's father was this religious reformer who abandoned & attacked the old religion of Egypt

Akhenaten

500

Brothers who spread Christianity into Eastern Europe

Cyril and Methodius

500

A teenager and his best friend and girlfriend skip school to go on crazy adventures.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

500

The one who makes it sells it. The one who buys it never uses it. The one who uses it never knows he's using it. What is it?

Coffin


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