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What empire conquered Constantinople in 1453 (for bonus 100, which sultan)?
Ottoman Empire (bonus was Sultan Mehmet II)
Year of the Russian Revolution (can be + or - 1 year)
1919
Who was the former prime minister that resigned in the midst of a collapsing cabinet in January 2025?
Justin Trudeau
What 2 events generally mark the start and end of the Middle Ages? (must get both right to get credit)
Start: Fall of the Roman Empire
End: Fall of Constantinople
German monk who started the Protestant Reformation by nailing the 95 Theses to a church door.
Martin Luther
Before the Six Day War, which 2 countries controlled the West Bank and the Gaza Strip respectively? (partial credit will not be given)
Jordan and Egypt (respectively)
Which party led China until the Chinese Civil War?
Kuomintang
Which French explorer discovered most of the St. Lawrence River and the Gulf of St. Lawrence?
Jacques Cartier
Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?
Year in which Hawaii was annexed by the U.S., the same year as the start of the Spanish-American War.
1898
Sykes-Picot Agreement
What declaration was claimed to have been the final straw inciting the American Revolution?
Dunmore's proclamation
Name the (in)famous oil company owned by a single family that is headquartered in New Brunswick.
Irving Oil
Which Carolingian emperor was responsible for uniting most of Western and Central Europe?
Charlemagne
Former capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom, which was devastated by Maui’s 2023 fires.
Lahaina
Explain the difference between Sunni Islam and Shia Islam.
answers may vary (idea that Sunnis think Abu Bakr was the rightful successor of Mohammed as Caliph but Shias think that Ali was the rightful successor as he was family)
Who led the Bengali revolt against Pakistan?
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
September 30th was Truth and Reconciliation Day, commemorating First Nations children lost to the Indian Residential School system. Explain what the Indian Residential School system was.
Forced First Nations children to become Catholic and assimilate to Canadian culture.
Who was the consort to both Louis VII and Henry II?
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Who founded Salem, MA?
Roger Conant
What family led the Kurdish separatist movement in Iraq since the 1940s?
Barzani
Which Ugandan dictator, the 3rd to lead the country, was responsible for swinging the country's diplomatic relations from favoring the West and Israel to favoring the Soviets and other African dictatorships like Libya or Zaire (bonus 500 points if you can say his full title, every word no mistake)?
His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular
Hochelaga and Stadacona were Iroquoian names for what 2 cities respectively? (partial credit given)
Montréal and Québec City (respectively)
How many people died from the Plague? (+ - 1m)
50 million
Byrnes was preceded as secretary of state by this former chair of U.S. Steel and administrator of the Lend-Lease Program, who resigned as secretary to become the first U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Edward (R)eilly Stettinius Jr.