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1. In what year was Rome founded by Romulus and Remus?
1642
647 BC
1831
753 BC
2. What country was invaded by Nazi Germany that officially started World War II?
Belgium
France
Russia
Poland
3. What year was the Berlin Wall destroyed?
1991
1977
1961
1989
4. In what country did gunpowder originate in the 9th century?
Japan
India
China
Vietnam
5. What famous invention was created by Johannes Gutenberg?
Printing Press
Telephone
Reaper
Cotton Gin
6. What city of Italy is credited with the origination of the Renaissance Period?
Naples
Milan
Florence
Pisa
7. Which one of these cities has served as the capital of the United States of America?
Chicago, Illinois
Princeton, New Jersey
Boston, Massachusetts
Richmond, Virginia
8. In what year did the 100 Years' War begin?
1324
1337
1453
1283
9. The sinking of what ship ultimately resulted in the United States of America's involvement in World War I?
HMS Bounty
RMS Titanic
RMS Lusitania
USS Arizona
10. What was the city of Istanbul known as between 660 BC and 330?
Izmir
Byzantium
Ankara
Constantinople
11. What ancient road connected East Asia to Southeast Asia, East Africa, West Asia, and Southern Europe?
Silk
Denim
Cotton
Lavender
12. In what year did the Gold Rush begin in California?
1923
1689
1848
1749
13. What modern Japanese city was the capital of Japan before Tokyo?
Kyoto
Hiroshima
Fukuoka
Osaka
14. At it's greatest extent of 35.5 square km, which empire controlled the most territory by land?
Ottoman
British
Roman
Mongol
15. Who is credited as the author of 'The Raven"
Langston Hughes
Robert Frost
Edgar Allan Poe
Emily Dickinson
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Level 72
Jul 7, 2020
The biggest empire ever controlled 35 Square kilometres of land?