France was overrun by the Germans in this World War II attack
What is the Blitzkrieg
100
This was the first satellite in space
What is Sputnik
100
This city was surrounded by a wall during the Cold War, finally coming down in 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
100
This dictator was perhaps responsible for more deaths by starvation than anyone else in history - with over 50 million dead during the Great Leap Forward
Who was Mao Zedong?
200
This British Missionary was the first white explorer of Central Africa
Who is David Livingstone
200
The French army was reinforced during the Battle of the Marne in World War 1 by use of these - Saving Paris!
What are taxicabs
200
This country, then part of the Soviet Union, was decimated by famine as Stalin made his 5 year plan
What is Ukraine
200
This German doctor did hideous experiments upon Jewish children during the Holocaust
Who was Joseph Mengele?
200
During the invasion of this Chinese city, the Japanese Emperor said "kill all, burn all, loot all" - and the Japanese did.
What is Nanking?
300
He was the King of Great Britain who refused to allow Americans representation in exchange for their taxation
Who is George III
300
After the 2nd French Revolution of 1848, the people of France elected this guy - repeating history
Who is Napoleon III
300
The crown prince of the Russian empire had an illness that only this man could heal
Who was Rasputin?
300
This pilot shot down more Allied airplanes than any other during World War i
Who was the Red Baron
300
During this 1900 war, Chinese Kung Fu masters killed thousands of Westerners and burned 100s of churches
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
400
She led Great Britain at the end of the Cold War
Who is Margaret Thatcher
400
We wouldn't have stood a chance in the Revolutionary War without George Washington's French BFF
Who is Lafayette
400
In 1812, Russians burned down the city of Moscow to prevent this man's army from having anywhere to stay for the winter
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte
400
This Prussian general taught discipline to the Continental Army at Valley Forge during the American Revolution.
Who was Baron von Steuben?
400
The Chinese never wanted to import things from other countries until millions of them became addicted to this in the 1840s
What is opium?
500
The Roundheads were lead by this future genocidal dictator in the English Civil War of the 1600s
Who is Oliver Cromwell
500
This Frenchman explored midwestern America and led to the French claiming the entire Mississippi River basin as Louisiana.
Who is Pere Jacques Marquette
500
This tyrant cut out the eyes of his architect so that no building would ever be as beautiful as St Basil's Cathedral
Who was Ivan the Terrible?
500
This man posted 99 theses on the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral, beginning the Protestant Reformation
Who was Martin Luther?
500
This general is famous for saying "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer" way back in 500 BC