1 - Which European royal family, often the butt of inbreeding jokes, once ruled Austria?
2 - Between which countries was the Hundred Years war mainly fought?
3 - Which French king built Versailles?
4 - What is the name of the explorer who led the first (proven) expedition around the globe?
5 - Who was America's first president?
6 - On which side did Italy fight in World War One?
7 - What political system based on a strict social hierarchy with land-owning nobles at the top was dominant in middle-age Europe?
8 - What Italian city was called the 'Queen of the Adriatic' during the Renaissance period?
9 - What was the name of Istanbul before its capture by the Turks?
10 - Which state sold Corsica to France in 1768?
11 - What Roman general conquered Gaul in the First Century BC?
12 - By the end of the 19th century, which country was the biggest colonial power?
13 - Which region was France forced to cede to Germany in wake of its defeat in 1871?
14 - Who founded the Mongol Empire?
15 - Where is the monument shown below located?
16 - When was the Holy Roman Empire dissolved?
17 - Who was defeated at the Battle of Tours (or of Poitiers) by the Franks led by Charles Martel?
18 - Who famously delcared 'Veni, vidi, vici' ?
19 - How did Joan of Arc die?
20 - Where was the last man to successfully conquer England from?
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