| Questions | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| C) Period of intense geopolitical tension between the US and the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991 | Cold War | 96%
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| N) Famous French emperor who met his defeat at Waterloo in 1815 | Napoleon Bonaparte | 94%
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| J) the Holiest city in Christianity | Jerusalem | 90%
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| G) Famous astronomer credited for discovering craters on the Moonand moons of Jupiter | Galileo Galilei | 87%
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| D) Mass evacuation of British troops from coastal France in 1941 | Dunkirk | 83%
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| H) Carthaginian general who lead the sack of Rome from the North by crossing the Alps | Hannibal | 81%
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| R) Period of enlightenment, art, and cultural rebirth from the 14th-17thcenturies. | Renaissance | 80%
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| V) Peace treaty signed in June 1919, ending WW1 betweenGermany and the Allied powers | Versailles | 80%
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| S) Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated in this city in 1914 | Sarajevo | 79%
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| M) Famous decree that kings and his government are subject to the law, signed by King John in 1215 | Magna Carta | 74%
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| W) Collective term for the war between Finland and the Soviet Unionduring the cold months | Winter war | 63%
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| Y) Crimean port city that held the post war conference betweenAllied powers in Feb 1945 | Yalta | 62%
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| T) Type of ground warfare used for cover and surprise attacks duringWW1 | trench | 61%
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| L) British ship sunk by a German u-boat attack during WW1off the coast of Ireland | Lusitania | 54%
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| I) Turkish historical port city founded by the Greeks | Izmir | 49%
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| O) Name of the Allied operation during the battles of Normandy | Overlord | 46%
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| P) Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in Peru | Pizzaro | 43%
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| K) Mass attack on Jewish citizens in Nazi Germany in Nov 1938, also called "the night of broken glass" | Kristallnacht | 39%
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| B) This SW European ethnic group occupied northern Spainand SW France | Basques | 36%
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| A) This eastern French town was captured by Germanyin 1940. Allied victory battle | Alsace | 24%
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| U) The practice of charging excessive interest on loans in favor of the lender, prohibited by the Catholic church | usury | 23%
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| E) Historical Scottish castle, occupied since the 11th century | Edinburgh Castle | 17%
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| Z) 1917 telegram proposing that Mexico align with Germany againstthe US | Zimmermann Telegram | 13%
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| Q) Alliance formed by the great powers after the Napoleonicreign in Nov 1815 | Quadruple Alliance | 2%
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| X) Ancient Greek philosopher who proposed the idea ofone God | Xenophanes | 2%
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| F) WW1 fort used to deflect German advances in the battle of Marne | Fort Troyon | 0%
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