The Dark Ages
The Hundred Years' War took place during the Dark Ages, between which two European superpowers
What is England and France?
Calpurnia was the wife of which famous Roman ruler?
Who is Julius Caesar?
True or false: Although known for their architectural endeavors, Europe's river Danube proved too difficult to bridge, leading the Romans never to construct a permanent crossing.
What is false?
What city became the capital of China in 1949?
What is Beijing?
World War I began after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 in which European city?
What is Sarajevo?
Despite its name, the Hundred Years' War actually lasted for...?
What is 116 years?
The month of August is famously named after the Roman emperor Augustus. But which other month of the year is named after a Roman emperor?
What is July?
In what year did the Titanic sink?
What is 1912?
True or false: Tokyo hasn't always been called Tokyo and only gained its current name in 1868.
The Schlieffen Plan was Germany's World War I strategy to invade what country, not by crossing its borders with Germany, but via their mutual neighbors?
What is France?
The Norman conquest of England occurred during the Dark Ages-in what year?
What is 1066?
Which of these things did the Emperor Nero NOT do?
What is marry his daughter?
What name is given to the series of brutal massacres that took part during the First Republic of France, as part of the French Revolution?
What is The Reign of Terror?
Belgium gained its independence from which European country in 1831?
What is The Netherlands?
Launched in 1941, Operation Barbarossa was Germany's plan to invade...where?
What is Russia?
In the late 1300s, the so-called Great Schism threated to break apart the Catholic church when a series of rival popes established their own papal palace outside of Rome, in which French city?
What is Avignon?
Rome is often said to have been the first city in the world to record a population of what?
What is 1,000,000 people?
The Picts were an early tribe of ancient Europeans, who chiefly lived where?
What is Scotland?
Which of these countries declared its independence from Russia in 1917?
What is Finland?
In what country is the Gallipoli peninsula, the site of major Allied campaign - chiefly fought by Australian and New Zealand troops - in 1915?
What is Turkey?
Which English king was forced by his rebelling barons to sign the Magna Carta document in 1215?
Who is John?
Which of these was NOT a popular dish on Ancient Roman dining tables?
What is cold tomato soup?
What European island was invaded by the Arabs in 837 and remained an Islamic emirate state for the next 250 years?
What is Sicily?
Which African nation ws formerly a British colony known as Rhodesia?
What is Zimbabwe?
Which of these Belgian cities played host to five major battles during World War I?
What is Ypres?