| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| In what modern-day country was the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz located? | Poland | 90%
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| Who was the longest reigning French monarch? | Louis XIV | 80%
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| Who was the leader of Spain from 1939-1975? | Francisco Franco | 78%
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| What is the largest former Yugoslav republic today (by population)? | Serbia | 78%
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| Who was the half-sister of Elizabeth I who also was queen? | Mary I | 75%
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| What city's fall in 1453 marked the de facto end of the Byzantine Empire? | Constantinople | 74%
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| What plot was Guy Fawkes involved in? | Gunpowder Plot | 57%
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| What island was Napoleon exiled to by the British? | Saint Helena | 56%
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| #2 to above | Aragon | 51%
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| Who led Russia to become a great world power? | Catherine the Great | 50%
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| What two kingdoms were united with the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella in 1469? | Castilla | 42%
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| What were supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War called? | Roundheads | 32%
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| Who started the first Crusade? | Pope Urban II | 29%
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| What royal house is currently in control of the Spanish throne? | House of Bourbon | 27%
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| What empire was the first to establish Muslim claims on the Iberian Peninsula? | Umayyad Caliphate | 17%
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