| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Adolf Hitler’s party | Nazi/NSDAP | 99%
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| This Englishman, author of the laws of motion, is considered one of the greatest scientists in history (Sir Isaac) | Newton | 99%
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| French Emperor and conqueror of Europe between 1798 and 1815 | Napoleon | 98%
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| The most important science awards are named after this Swedish inventor (Alfred) | Nobel | 98%
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| Pizza was allegedly invented here | Naples | 97%
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| He didn’t fiddle while Rome burnt | Nero | 93%
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| Won the battle of Trafalgar (Horatio) | Nelson | 90%
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| Founder of modern nursing (Florence, “the lady with the lamp”) | Nightingale | 90%
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| Atlantic region of France regularly looted by the Vikings | Normandy | 90%
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| A human species that went excinct approx. 40,000 years ago is named after this German valley | Neandertal | 88%
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| And where did it hold its grim propaganda rallies? | Nuremberg | 85%
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| Switzerland was granted this “permanent” political status in the Vienna and Paris Treaties of 1815 | Neutral | 82%
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| Controversial German philosopher who wrote “Thus spoke Zarathustra” (Friedrich) | Nietzsche | 72%
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| French 16th century astrologist who allegedly predicted the death of king Henry II in a jousting duel | Nostradamus | 69%
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| Huguenots (protestants) were granted basic rights by a royal edict signed in this city in Western France | Nantes | 59%
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| European dynasty that obtained the thrones of England and the Netherlands. The capital of a North American island country is named after it | Nassau | 54%
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| Pamplona was the capital of this medieval kingdom in Northern Spain | Navarre | 48%
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| Norwegian scientist (first crossing of Greenland) and Nobel peace prize winner (Fridtjof) | Nansen | 10%
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| Famous Bronze Age (?) artefact picturing sun, crescent, and constellations | Nebra Sky disc | 5%
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| The misery in this Zurich open drug scene of the 1980s led to a major shift in drug policy | Needle Park | 5%
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