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100

I am the final stages of a dying star. What am I?

 A supernova

100

Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, was the son of a poor traveling what?

    Doctor

100

Which country is home to marsupials, giant crocodiles, and the world's most poisonous spider.

Australia

100

Louis IXV became king when he was how old?  

13 years old

100

A group that separated from the Anglican Church.

Separatists

100

What was New Plymouth?


The settlement of the Pilgrims

200

According to legend, Galeleo dropped weights from which building to test his law of falling bodies?

Tower of Pisa

200

The works of William Shakespeare include timeless sonnets and what?

Plays

200

Under Elizabeth I, I looted Spanish ships loaded with silver from Panama. Who am I? Sir Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake

200

In 1612, who made Christianity illegal to practice in Japan? Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu

200

What was King Frederick of Bohemia's nick name?      

       Winter King

200

What group sought to purify the Anglican Church?

 Puritans

300

Along with many other discoveries, Robert Boyle recognized that air, water, fire, and earth could be broken down into small parts called ______?

 Atoms

300

In the year 2002, Don Quixote was voted the world's best  what by 100 writers from 54 countries.

 Fiction

300

Who supposedly spared John Smith's life?

Pocahontas

300

Who were created to protect the emperor or shogun of Japan.

Ninja fighters

300

Who was a separatist but labeled a Baptist by some?                

John Smyth

300

Under the Leadership of John _______ hundreds of Puritans settled Salem, Massachusetts, about 50 miles north of Plymouth.  

Winthrop

400

Galileo was first to see that the Milky Way is a ______of stars and not just a blur in the sky.

 Galaxy

400

Who contributed a vast number of whimsical words to the English language?

 William Shakespeare

400

I am the ship that sailed Francis Drake all the way around the world. What am I?

 The Golden Hind

400

Australia is how large? Three thousand or three million square miles?

Three million square miles

400

I am a mesh of German, Hebrew, and Slavic languages. What am I?

yiddish

400

The hard-working Puritans made Salem prosperous, and they soon spread to what is now the city of ______?

Boston

500

Though I was a brilliant astronomer, I never agreed with Copernicus that the earth revolves around the sun. Who am I?

 Tycho Brahe

500

Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, was from what nation?

     Spain

500

What was the name that Sir Walter Raleigh gave the east coast of America in honor of Queen Elizabeth?

Virginia

500

It wasn't until 1605 that the Europeans were certain that the country, also known as the land down under, existed.

Australia

500

I am an Italian expression meaning "new foundry", and I was established to separate Jews from Christians. What am I?

 Ghetto Nuovo

500

Sir Francis Bacon was knighted by whom?

Queen Elizabeth I

500

Who governed New Plymouth for a long time?

  William Bradford

600

Galeleo Galilei was born the same day as_______died.

Michelangelo

600

After my death, I became one of the most loved painters of the Netherlands. Who am I?  

Rembrandt

600

Who became the first leader at Jamestown, the colony of Virginia.  

   John Smith

600

Who was the Englishman who married Pocahontas?  

John Rolfe

600

I forced Jews to leave the country of France in 1615. Who am I?                

Louis XIII

600

How did Sir Francis Bacon die?

 He caught cold and died from pneumonia after stuffing a chicken with snow.

600

Who was Squanto?

Tisquantum

700

Robert Boyle also came to understand pH levels to measure _____ and _________?

Alkalis/acids

700

I am a term that describes something very ornate, exaggerated, or overdone. What am I?

 baroque

700

Halfway across the Atlantic Ocean, John Smith was accused of planning a what, and placed in chains.  

 Mutiny

700

Where was Pocahontas buried?        

 St. George's church, England

700

What was Gustavus II Adolphus, King of Sweden's nickname?          

 The Lion of the North

700

The famous phrase "I think, therefore I _____" has helped give Rene Descartes recognition as a great philosopher.

"Am"

700

When was the First Thanksgiving?

The autumn of 1621

800

Relying on the Notes of Tycho Brahe, I figured out that planets rotate in ovals, not circles. Who am I?

Johannes Kepler

800

One of Louis XIVV's  achievements was to build a building that took 47 years to build and 30,000 laborers. What was it called?

 Palace of Versailles

800

What did the Edict of Nantes in 1658 do to the Huguenots in France?

Restricted their religious freedoms.

800

In the study of dualism, Rene Descartes saw the separation between ____________ and mind.

 Body

800

Who was born on the Mayflower?  

 Oceanus Hopkins and Peregrine White