EURO HISTORY
Marshal Tito, born Josip Broz, was president of this country for 27 years; 11 years after his death it began to partition
Yugoslavia
The "Eliot Indian" this, the first version printed in America, was translated into an Algonquin dialect by a Puritan clergyman
bible
This state's geographic center is 3 miles north of Pierre
South Dakota
The presidential election of 1824 was actually decided by the House in 1825, with this man coming out on top
John Quincy Adams
Don't get your history from ABBA or seltzer water: Napoleon didn't surrender until 4 weeks after this disastrous battle
Waterloo
Known as the "Red Eminence", this man of the cloth was first minister to Louis XIII
Cardinal Richelieu
***TRIPLE STUMPER***Pope John Paul
A reconstruction of this man's library includes 2,000 volumes he sold to Congress in 1815
Jefferson
"Valley Isle" is a nickname for this second-largest Hawaiian island
Maui
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The Big Island, Oahu
The Decemberist revolt broke out in this country in 1825 &, though quickly defeated, inspired future revolutionaries
Russia
A turning point of this war was the 11-month Siege of Sevastopol, which ended in September 1855
the Crimean War
In 1866 this small Alpine nation deployed 80 soldiers as part of the Austro-Prussian War; oddly, 81 returned
Liechtenstein
A 1906 proclamation by this city's mayor says police "have been authorized by me to kill any & all persons found engaged in looting"
San Francisco
This fertile & scenic valley covers much of Northern Virginia & a little bit of West Virginia
the Shenandoah
Charles X, the last French king of this house, was coronated in Reims on May 29, 1825
the Bourbons
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George Orwell fought on the Aragon front of this war & recounted his experiences in "Homage to Catalonia"
the Spanish Civil War
Cervantes fought in the Battle of Lepanto, part of a conflict that saw Venice, Spain & the papacy facing this eastern power
the Ottoman Empire
A 1928 Northwest Airways ad offered early passenger service between Minneapolis-St. Paul & Cicero Field in this city
Chicago
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This lake whose name comes from Seminole words for "big water" is located at the northern edge of the Everglades
Okeechobee
No relation to Bill, this New York governor was on hand for the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825
DeWitt Clinton
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At the Battle of Gaugamela, Alexander the Great delivered a devastating blow to the Persian forces of this king III
Darius III
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This 2-region region on the border of Germany & France traded hands 4 times, starting in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War
Alsace-Lorraine
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Franco-Prussia
A 1776 broadside is the first printed report of Washington's crossing the Delaware to attack this N.J. town
Trenton
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Newark, PrincetonIt's the snow-covered volcanic peak in Northern California often seen from near the Oregon border & on soda cans.
Mt. Shasta
Explorer Alexander Laing set off from Tripoli across the Sahara in 1825 to reach this fabled city; he'd make it, but die soon after
Timbuktu
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This "desert fox" leader of Germany's Afrika Korps was called der Wüstenfuchs at home
Rommel