| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The first larger states in Eastern Europe, the one in Kiev being the dominant | Ruthenia/Rus | 97%
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| This “rebirth” started in Florence | Renaissance | 96%
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| English crusader with a lion heart | Richard I | 96%
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| Stole from the rich and gave to the poor (perhaps) | Robin Hood | 95%
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| Infamous Russian mystic with a wild beard | Rasputin | 92%
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| It started with Martin Luther | Reformation | 81%
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| The Nazis used a fire in this building to start a terror campaign | Reichstag | 77%
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| Nickname of WWI fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen | Red Baron | 76%
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| Respected humanitarian organization founded in 1863 | Red Cross | 76%
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| The crossing of this small river by Caesar started the Civil War | Rubicon | 76%
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| This “incorruptible” radical leader of the French revolution was beheaded in 1794 (Maximilien) | Robespierre | 73%
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| Scottish king fighting the English | Robert the Bruce | 68%
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| Influential cardinal during the reign of Louis XIII | Richelieu | 62%
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| Influential Geneva born political philosopher (Jean-Jacques) | Rousseau | 61%
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| Discovered X-ray (Wilhelm Conrad) | Röntgen | 45%
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| This Christian war campaign against Muslims in Spain ended with the fall of Granada in 1492 | Reconquista | 36%
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| German site of a 1988 air show disaster which killed 70. A rock band named itself after the incident. | Ramstein | 32%
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| Italian left wing guerrilla of the 1970s who murdered former PM Aldo Moro | Red Brigades | 14%
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| This Sicilian mafioso called “the beast” was the most feared for decades (Toto) | Riina | 8%
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| Term for an Irish guerilla fighter of the 17th century | Rapparee | 2%
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