Blitz Quiz
Coming to power in 1933, this former Austrian painter lead Germany into WW2.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
British soldiers got their nickname from uniforms dyed with red pigment made partly from crushed cochineal insects.
What are Redcoats?
This Russian mystic became famous again thanks to the disco song that calls him ‘Russia’s greatest love machine.’
Who is Rasputin?
Medieval Japan’s warrior class, known for swords and armor, went by this name.
What are Samurai?
This massive Roman amphitheater hosted gladiator fights and public spectacles.
What is the Colosseum?
This German leader unified the country—not to be confused with the jelly-filled pastry that shares his name.
Who is Otto Von Bismarck?
Reigning from 1952 to 2022, she was Britain’s longest-serving monarch.
Napoleon captured this Russian city in 1812, but its destruction and lack of supplies led to his disastrous retreat.
What is Moscow?
These ‘divine winds’ were the typhoons credited with stopping two Mongol invasions of Japan.
What is Kamikaze?
A Roman army was made up of these professional soldiers, organized into legions.
What are Legionaries?
This WWI flying ace made the skies dangerous with his brightly painted plane—long before his nickname was borrowed for a frozen pizza brand.
Who is the Red Barron/Manfred von Richthofen.
This long-reigning British monarch ruled from 1837 to 1901, giving her name to an entire era.
Who is Queen Victoria?
This city, named after Joseph Stalin, was the site of one of World War II’s bloodiest battles.
What is Stalingrad?
This Mongol emperor, grandson of Genghis Khan, launched two failed invasions of Japan in the late 1200s.
Who is Kublai Kahn?
This Roman leader’s supposed last words, ‘Et tu, Brute?’ became symbolic of betrayal by a close friend.
Who is Julius Caesar?
Long before Star Wars used the name, these elite German assault troops pioneered infiltration tactics late in World War I.
What are the Stormtroopers?
Though later legends made him a hero of all Britain, many early stories place King Arthur’s origins in this Celtic people.
What is Welsh?
This term refers to Russia’s elite special forces units, known for high-risk missions and intense training.
What are Spetsnaz?
This ruthless daimyō captured Kyoto in 1568 and began Japan’s unification before being betrayed at Honnō-ji.
Who is Oda Nobunaga?
At the Battle of Zama in 202 BC, Hannibal was finally defeated by this Roman general.
Who is Scipio Africanus?
Known for their black-cross emblem, this military order extended its influence into Livonia after absorbing the Livonian Order.
Who are the Teutonic Knights?
The motto ‘Si vis pacem, para bellum’—Latin for ‘If you wish for peace, prepare for war’—belongs to this British military branch.
What is The Royal Navy?
Grozny, the capital of this region, was almost completely destroyed during its wars with Russia in the 1990s.
What is Chechnya?
Known in Japanese as the Sengoku Jidai, this period saw powerful daimyō fighting for control of Japan before unification.
What is the Age of the Country at War?
This empire, whose rulers called themselves Romans, survived for nearly a thousand years after the fall of the Western Empire and fell in 1453.
What is the Byzantine Empire?