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WHAT WAS THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY ALSO CALLED?
THE BULL-MOOSE PARTY
WHO WROTE HISTORY'S FIRST CODE OF LAWS?
HAMMURABI OF BABYLON
NOTE: HE WASN'T CALLED HAMMURABI OF BABYLON, BUT HE WAS THE KING OF BABYLON.
WHO WROTE "A CHRISTMAS CAROL"?
CHARLES DICKENS
WHAT BOOK DID NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI WRITE?
THE PRINCE
WAS THERE SUCH A THING AS FINNISH VIKINGS?
NO
THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE WAS NAMED AFTER THE CITY OF...
BYZANTIUM
WHICH FRENCH ORPHAN FOUGHT IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION?
MARQUIS DU LAFAYETTE
MARRY SHELLY WROTE FRANKENSTEIN AT WHICH AGE?
19
WHAT WAS HANNIBAL BARCA'S GREATEST WEAPON EXCLUDING HIS ELEPHANTS DURING THE SECOND PUNIC WAR?
HIS NUMIDIAN CAVALRY
THE AZTEC CAPITAL TENOCHITLAN IS NOW WHICH CITY?
MEXICO CITY
THE FIGHTER PLANE WAS INVENTED BY WHICH DUTCH ENGINEER?
ANTHONY FOKKER
WHAT WAS THE KNIFELIKE ATTACHMENT ATTACHED TO A MUSKET CALLED?
A BAYONET
WHO WROTE THE GREAT GATSBY?
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
WHO WAS THE ONLY GAY PRUSSIAN KING?
FREDERICK THE GREAT
TRUE OR FALSE: THE SCYTHIANS WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE IN HISTORY TO HAVE HORSE ARCHERS.
FALSE. THE PERSIANS ALSO HAD HORSE ARCHERS DURING THEIR WAR WITH THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE.
WHAT WAS THE LARGEST CITY IN THE OLMEC CIVILIZATION IN MESOAMERICA?
LA VENTA
WHAT WAS A SHOGUN IN EDO-ERA JAPAN?
A MILITARY LEADER WHO ACTED IN THE NAME OF AND SERVED THE EMPEROR, BUT ACTUALLY MADE ALL THE DECISIONS
WHO WROTE THE ART OF WAR?
SUN TZU
WHO SAID "I LOVE THE NAME OF HONOR MORE THAN I FEAR DEATH"?
JULIUS CAESAR
THE FIRST UNIVERSITY WAS BUILT IN WHICH CITY?
BOLONGE
THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE HAD EACH ACRE OF LAND WORTH ABOUT HOWW MUCH IN TODAY'S MONEY?
3 CENTS
WHAT WAS A PUGIO, A WEAPON USED BY ROMAN LEGIONS?
A DAGGER
WHAT BOOK IS THE QUOTE "THERE WAS NO SONG SONG THAT NIGHT , NOR FEAST HELD." FROM?
THE HOBBIT!
THE BATTLE OF SOMME DEVASTATED WICH COUNTRY IN THE ENTENTE?
UK
WHO WAS THE ONLY NORWEGIAN CANDIDATE FOR THE THRONE OF ENGLAND IN ABOUT 1066 C.E.?
HARALD HADRARA