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Last updated: November 7, 2025
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1) What feared ruler was originally
named Temüjin?
Genghis Khan
2) What port was a penal colony for
English prisoners?
Sydney
3) Who was fatally struck in the eye
at the battle of Hastings in 1066?
Harold Godwinson
4) What ethnic group hailed from the
Pyrenees border of Spain and France?
Basque
5) What origin is the festival of Samhain,
associated with modern Halloween?
Celtic
6) What Chinese ruler was buried with
thousands of terracotta clay warriors?
Shi Huang
7) What age did King Tutankhamen ascend
to the throne?
9
8) What empire did Christopher Columbus
sail for?
Spain
9) What document was King John forced
to sign in 1215?
Magna Carta
10) What famous archer from English folklore
lived in the Sherwood Forest in Nottinhamshire?
Robin Hood
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11) What Shoshone native helped Lewis and
Clark on their expedition to the Pacific?
Sacagawea
12) What feared pirate was originally named
Edward Teach?
Blackbeard
13) What Russian mystic was said to have been
poisoned and drowned in a river?
Rasputin
14) What megacity was originally named Batavia
by Dutch explorers?
Jakarta
15) What mountain in eastern Turkey was Noahs
Ark said to have landed?
Ararat
16) Who daringly crossed the Alps with his army
and elephants to surprise the Romans from the north?
Hannibal
17) What city did Francisco Pizarro establish in 1535
after defeating the Incan empire?
Lima
18) What motto did John Wilkes Booth say after shooting
president Lincoln at Fords Theater?
Sic Semper Tyrranis
19) What astronomical phenomenon was Mark Twain born
during and die with?
Halleys Comet
20) What Austrian city was Mozart born in?
Salzburg
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