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Name the people, places, events, etc that occurred in history
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1) Who defeated Harold Godwinson
at Hastings in 1066, earning the
title "Conquerer"?
William I
2) What famous battle pitted an outnumbered
Spartan force against a massive Persian army?
Thermopylae
3) What Macedonian ruler expanded the
Greek empire and is considered one of the
greatest military leaders?
Alexander
4) What US city was burned by British forces
during the War of 1812 in retaliation of the
attack on York?
Washington DC
5) What indigenous woman is said to have led
Lewis and Clark on their journey to the Pacific?
Sacagawea
6) Where did Napoleon meet his final defeat
in 1815?
Waterloo
7) What Carthaginian general famously crossed
the high Alps to surprise the Romans from the north?
Hannibal
8) For what country did Columbus sail for, despite
being Genoese?
Spain
9) Who set out into the Massachusetts countryside
in 1775, warning of the British invasion, made famous
in the Midnight Ride
Paul Revere
10) In what building was Lincoln shot in on the night
of April 14, 1865?
Fords Theater
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11) What famous slogan did Booth yell after the
shooting of president Lincoln in the above?
Sic Semper Tyrannis
12) What famous composer was born in Salzburg,
Austria in 1756?
Mozart
13) What icy river did General Washington cross to
surprise the Hessian force at Trenton?
Delaware
14) What Greek/Egyptian pharaoh was famously
connected with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?
Cleopatra
15) What teenage pharaohs tomb laid undiscovered
for over 3200 years until 1922?
Tutankhamun
16) What conquistador captured the Aztec capital
of Tenochtitlan in 1521?
Hernan Cortes
17) What teenage French woman famously defended
France from an English attack at Orleans?
Joan of Arc
18) What Portuguese navigator is credited with
the first circumnavigation of the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
19) Which state is synonymous with Abraham Lincoln
due to his long work there as a lawyer?
Illinois
20) Who was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914,
jumpstarting WW1?
Franz Ferdinand
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