History by Alphabet

Which civilisation was based around the city of Tenochtitlan?

A

This short-range wireless communication is named after the viking King of Denmark

B

This wartime leader won a Nobel Prize for literature in 1953

C

The largest wartime amphibious evacuation in history took place here in 1940

D

Australia fought a ferocious war with this flightless bird in 1932, and lost

E

This dictator rose to lead the Nationalists during the Spanish civil war, acting as dictator from 1939-1975

F

Which knot was Alexander the Great famously able to cut?

G

This pacific nation was united by King Kamehameha I in 1810, and made a US state in 1959 after its annexation

H

Before his capture and execution, Atuahalpa was the last emperor of this Latin American empire

I

This Middle Eastern nation was used to film 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' at its Al-khazneh temple

J

Who was Canada's longest serving Prime Minister that oversaw the Great Depression, World War II and the foundation of the United Nations?

K

What metal was commonly used in everyday commodities, which contributed to poisonings and shorter life spans?

L

This Chinese region was the location of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo from 1932-1945 and the homeland of the last Imperial Dynasty

M

The 1917 Bolshevik Revolution took place on this month in according to the Gregorian Calendar

N

Both incredibly influential in the unification of Japan, who was Tokugawa Ieyasu's key ally that was assassinated in 1582?

O

This Greek legendary hero was able to slay the gorgon Medusa

P

What was the last Chinese Imperial Dynasty

Q

The creation of this new form of telecommunication was invented in 1895 by Guglielmo Marconi

R

This city was the capital of South Vietnam until it was captured by the Vietcong in 1975

S

This Russian revolutionary was murdered by an ice pick in Mexico City, 1940

T

What country was ruled by self acclaimed 'king of the Scots', Idi Amin

U

What disease prevention method was discovered by Edward Jenner in 1796?

V

This 1815 battle was the downfall of Napoleon Bonaparte's attempted return to power

W

Emperor of the Achaemenids during the Persian conflicts with Greece

X

This Eastern European nation was founded after the First World War and led by famous communist Tito before it collapsed in 1991

Y

Mobutu Sese Seko served as dictator of this African nation from 1965-1997

Z