Cereal Killers
Consumed en masse by myself and Jacob at trivia night, the Giant Pretzel at Steve's costs this much.
What is $17?
France's last execution by this method occurred in 1977.
What is the guillotine?
In the American Southwest and parts of Mexico, this mythical creature is rumoured to walk the deserts.
What is the jackalope?/What is El Chupacabra?
This war saw France, the UK, and the Ottoman Empire fighting on the same side.
What is the Crimean War?
Written in the 11th century, this is the oldest surviving work of French literature.
What is the Song of Roland?
In the 1840s Ireland lost approximately this many people to the Great Potato Famine, part of this reason its population still has yet to recover.
What is 1 million?
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, this ethnic group occupied the territory of Gaul.
Who are the Franks?
In Algonquian culture, this spirit fills those it possesses with intense greed and a craving for human flesh.
What is a wendigo?
Vikings and Byzantines.
Who are the Varangian Guard?
Though now a Muslim nation, this country was a breeding ground for Christian heresies.
What is Egypt?
In the mid to late 1990s, this country suffered from a devastating famine that saw the failed breeding of giant rabbits.
What is North Korea?
Developed in the time of Charlemagne, this script became the dominant script until c. 1200 in parts of Europe.
What is Carolingian minuscule?
These three deities made up the Roman Capitoline Triad.
Who are Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva?
Ireland and Libya vs. Northern Ireland and South Africa.
What are the Troubles?
This nation was a member of the Axis Powers in WW2 for one month before it was defeated by the Allies.
What is Iraq?
Caused by moldy rye bread, this poisoning was a great threat to naval voyages.
What is ergot?
Known as John I the Posthumous, he ruled in 1316 for this duration, the only person to hold the title his entire life.
What is five days?
This ancient Egyptian god is known for, among other things, his ibis head and being the god of the moon, wisdom, writing, magic, and judgement.
Who is Thoth?
The UK, USSR, East Germany, Ethiopia, and Israel vs. France, China, Haiti, the Ivory Coast, and Israel.
What is the Nigerian Civil War?
In the build up to the Siege of Constantinople (no, I'm still not over it), an engineer from this kingdom provided the Ottoman Empire with high quality cannon technology.
What is Hungary?
During the events of the Book of Exodus, the fleeing Hebrews are forced to create this type of bread for sustenance on the world's worst field trip.
What is matzah?
During the Early Modern Period, French became the main language in many royal courts around the world, including this Eastern power.
What is Russia?
In Norse mythology, this is the goat that gives us mead.
Who is Heidrun?
Cuba, Sweden, and Romania vs. Australia, Taiwan, and the United States.
What is the Vietnam War?
Earning the epithet "the Split-nosed," this Byzantine emperor ruled the empire twice and was the last member of the Heraclian dynasty.
Who was Justinian II?