Mixed Bag
Who was the first Western (European) explorer to reach China? (pool game!)
Marco Polo
Where is the Colosseum (city)?
Rome
What 26.5 mile structure came down in Germany (1989)?
Berlin Wall
What was the name of the LAST queen of France?
Marie Antoinette
What does the term Renaissance mean?
rebirth
What Asian country gained independence from Great Britain in 1947?
India
Roman Goddess of Love xoxoxooxxo
Venus
What happened to Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his family in July, 1918?
assassinated (shot by Bolsheviks)
Which English king broke with the Catholic Church? He became head of the Church of England.
Henry VIII
What book did Martin Luther translate into German from the original Latin?
Bible
Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15, 44 BC)?
Julius Caesar
Where (country) did the Aztecs live?
Mexico
What was built in Paris to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution?
Eiffel Tower
Whose ships were the first to circumnavigate the world? (he was killed by a poisoned arrow in Philippines)
Ferdinand Magellan
The Quran (Koran) is the holy book of what religion?
Islam
Who is the Father of Communism? He wrote Das Kapital.
Karl Marx
Name of ancient, famous stone circle in England (U.K.)
Stonehenge
What group of people did the British government send to live in Australia?
convicts
What did Johannes Gutenberg invent?
printing press
French general who conquered most of Europe but was finally defeated in 1815
Napoleon Bonaparte
castle
Where (continent) was the Songhai Empire?
Africa
The Treaty of Versailles ended which war?
World War I (the Great War)
What's the name of the war that took place from 1618-1648?
Thirty Years' War
What arsenal was stormed in Paris on July 14, 1789?
Bastille