Week 33
By what gate did Elizabeth enter the Tower of London?
The Traitor’s Gate.
What modern-day Protestant denomination still uses the Augsburg Confession as one of its creeds?
The Lutheran church.
Whom did King Edward VI choose to succeed him as England’s monarch?
The Lady Jane Grey
What continent is Quebec on?
North America
What is the Capital of Illinois?
Springfield
What excuse did Elizabeth Tudor give when John Dudley summoned her to London to see her dying brother?
Elizabeth said that she was too ill to come to London
What was missing from the clocks of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V’s era?
Minute hands
What was the special name for the Muslims who captured Hispania and lived there?
The Moors.
What continent is Uganda on?
Africa
What is the Capital of Pennsylvania?
Harrisburg
When John Cabot landed in Newfoundland in 1497, what did he claim for England?
Cabot claimed the entire east coast of North America for England.
The people of the Netherlands speak mainly what language?
DUTCH
What special thing do French churches do every year on Good Friday?
They silence their bells.
What continent is the Canberra on?
Australia
What is the Capital of California?
Sacramento
Who established the colony that would become known as “the Lost Colony”? Name this colony.
Sir Walter Raleigh established the Roanoke Colony.
Name the fleet of warships that King Philip II of Spain sent to attack and invade England.
The Spanish Armada.
What company built a two-way tunnel under the Strait of Dover?
The Channel Tunnel Group.
What country is Vienna in?
Austria
What is the Capital of New York
Albany
What did the Lost Colony’s founder’s servant think when he saw his master smoking New World tobacco for the first time?
He thought that his master’s head was on fire.
Who replaced Queen Elizabeth when she died in 1601?
Elizabeth’s cousin, King James VI of Scotland, who became King James I of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Name two of the enemies who tried to take advantage of King Richard I while he was away fighting the Third Crusade.
King Philip II of France and Richard’s younger brother John
What country is Belfast in?
Ireland
What is the capital of New Mexico?
Santa Fe