Mixed Bag
Ancient History
Modern History
European History
Leftovers
100

Who was the first Western (European) explorer to reach China? (pool game!)

Marco Polo

100

Where is the Colosseum (city)?

Rome

100

What 26.5 mile structure came down in Germany (1989)?

Berlin Wall

100

What was the name of the LAST queen of France?

Marie Antoinette

100

What does the term Renaissance mean?

rebirth

200

What Asian country gained independence from Great Britain in 1947?

India

200

Roman Goddess of Love xoxoxooxxo

Venus

200

What happened to Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his family in July, 1918?

assassinated (shot by Bolsheviks)

200

Which English king broke with the Catholic Church?  He became head of the Church of England.

Henry VIII

200

What book did Martin Luther translate into German from the original Latin?

Bible

300

Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15, 44 BC)?

Julius Caesar

300

Where (country) did the Aztecs live?

Mexico

300

What was built in Paris to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution?

Eiffel Tower

300

Whose ships were the first to circumnavigate the world? (he was killed by a poisoned arrow in Philippines)

Ferdinand Magellan

300

The Quran (Koran) is the holy book of what religion?

Islam

400

Who is the Father of Communism?  He wrote Das Kapital.

Karl Marx

400

Name of ancient, famous stone circle in England (U.K.)

Stonehenge

400

What group of people did the British government send to live in Australia?

convicts

400

What did Johannes Gutenberg invent?

printing press

400

French general who conquered most of Europe but was finally defeated in 1815

Napoleon Bonaparte

500
What kind of building had a portcullis to protect residents from invading army?

castle

500

Where (continent) was the Songhai Empire?

Africa

500

The Treaty of Versailles ended which war?

World War I (the Great War)

500

What's the name of the war that  took place from 1618-1648?

Thirty Years' War

500

What arsenal was stormed in Paris on July 14, 1789?

Bastille