| Hint | Years (AD) | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13) King John is forced to sign this documentby rebellious barons, stating no king shall be above the common law | 1215 | Magna Carta | 100%
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| 15) This Genoese explorer, sailing for Spain,"discovers" America but lands in the area of the Bahamas | 1492 | Christopher Columbus | 88%
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| 11) Norman ruler William defeats Harold Godwinson at this crucial battle | 1066 | Hastings | 88%
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| 12) King who fought Saladin and his menin the Crusades, earning the name Lionheart | 1189-1199 | Richard | 88%
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| 1) This volcano erupts, burying thecity of Pompeii in ash | 79 | Vesuvius | 88%
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| 5) This feared Hun leader ravagesthe Eastern Roman empire | 441-447 | Attila | 75%
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| 4) This Roman emperor establishesByzantium after his name and is the first to adopt Christianity | 306-337 | Constantine | 75%
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| 2) This Roman emperor constructsa fortified wall in northern England | 122-132 | Hadrian | 75%
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| 16) This missionary nails 95 Thesis in a church in Wittenberg, Germany, igniting the Protestant Reformation | 1517 | Martin Luther | 75%
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| 21) The King of Pop dies in Los Angeles by a supposedoverdose of his doctors medication | 2009 | Michael Jackson | 75%
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| 20) This Naval base in Hawaii is bombed by the Japanese, bringing the US into WW2 | Dec 1941 | Pearl Harbor | 75%
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| 17) Mass hysteria breaks out in this Massachusetts village,where young women are accused of black magic/witchcraft and subsequently hanged | 1692 | Salem | 75%
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| 14) This disease ravages Europe, where over50 million deaths occurred | 1347-1351 | Black Plague | 63%
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| 9) This Frankish king is crowned HolyRoman emperor and expands the empire | 800-814 | Charlemagne | 63%
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| 22) This disease caused a mass pandemic across theworld, spreading from Wuhan, China | 2019-2023 | Covid 19 | 63%
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| 18) The US adopts this document, declaring freedom from Great Britain during the American Revolution | July 1776 | Declaration of Independence | 63%
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| 10) This Norse viking colonizes Greenland | 982-986 | Erik the Red | 63%
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| 19) President Lincoln is assassinated by this former actor & Southern sympathizer at Fords Theater | April 1865 | John Wilkes Booth | 63%
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| 7) This prophet has his first revelationby God | 610 | Muhammad | 63%
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| 3) This dynasty reunites China afterthe Han ends | 280 | Jin | 38%
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| 6) This Germanic kingdom is establishedin northern Italy, now a region that bears its name | 568 | Lombard | 38%
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| 8) Pepin the Short rises to power and establishes this dynasty as Frankish king | 751 | Carolingian | 25%
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