| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| An era is named after this British Queen | Victoria | 100%
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| They ruled the seas in Northern Europe | Vikings | 94%
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| Italian explorer. Two continents are named after him (Amerigo) | Vespucci | 83%
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| Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery (Alessandro) | Volta | 82%
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| Germanic tribe known for looting Rome | Vandals | 80%
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| “Most serene” maritime power in the Middle Ages, Renaissance and early modern period | Venice | 77%
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| Possibly the most important writer in the French enlightenment movement | Voltaire | 76%
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| Heart of the Classical period in music (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven) | Vienna | 71%
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| Had to support his Lord in the feudal system | Vassal | 66%
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| Site of one of the most terrible WWI battles in North-Eastern France | Verdun | 63%
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| Popular Italian opera composer ("Aida", "Nabucco", "Rigoletto") who sympathized with the unification movement (Giuseppe) | Verdi | 60%
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| One of the most famous Roman authors (“Aeneid”) | Virgil | 59%
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| Swedish royal house of the 16th and 17th century (Gustav, Gustav Adolf), a famous skiing race is named after it | Vasa | 31%
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| Important trade centre on Gotland, raided by pirates several times | Visby | 30%
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| This Roman general crushed the Jewish rebellion in 67/68 AD only to become Emperor shortly after | Vespasian | 29%
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| Gallic leader who had to surrender to Julius Caesar | Vercingetorix | 25%
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| Pacifist French poet, chansonnier (“The deserter”) and actor (Boris, 1920-59) | Vian | 14%
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| Lost thousands of soldiers in the Teutoburg forest against Germanic tribes (Publius Quinctilius) | Varus | 13%
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| “Victorious” Danish king of the 13th century | Valdemar | 7%
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| Period in Swedish history (6th – 8th century) named after a village where boat graves have been excavated | Vendel | 3%
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