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European History by Letter - Q

Are you a true expert of Europe's historical figures and locations?

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Last updated: August 7, 2022
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First submittedJune 30, 2022
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This “Don” is the protagonist of the greatest novel written in Spanish literature
Quixote
Supervised the treasury of Ancient Rome
Quaestor
The hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo
Breton city with a great history of pottery manufacturing
Quimper
Paris neighborhood and centre of the 1968 student uprising (French name)
Quartier latin
Norwegian Nazi leader (Vidkun)
Quisling
Hundreds of these exist in the area of Tuscan town Carrara, the most famous place to extract white marble
Quarry
Belgian astronomer and founder of the Brussels observatory (Adolphe)
Quetelet
Nickname of the French Foreign Ministry (because of its location)
Quai d'Orsay
Younger brother of Marcus, Rome’s most famous orator, fought the Catilinarian conspiracy
Quintus Tullius Cicero
Frankish trade centre near the English Channel (approx. 7th – 9th century)
Quentovic
British designer credited with the invention of the miniskirt (Mary)
Quant
Protestant denomination founded by George Fox
Quaker
To prevent the spread of the plague Venice introduced this 40-day-isolation for ships
Quarantine
The increased use of this mineral in watches by Japanese competitors almost led to the end of Switzerland's watchmaking industry in the 1970s
Quartz
Arrow-bag important to English longbowmen in the Middle Ages
Quiver
Peasant leader in the 1914 Albanian revolt (Haxhi)
Qamili
e.g. the british TV show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”
Quiz show
German family of business tycoons who profited heavily in the Nazi era through forced labour
Quandt
Roman rhetorician of the 1st century (“institutio oratoria”)
Quintilian
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