1 - What Chinese dynasty did the Manchu minority establishes?
2 - On July 2, 1881, lawyer and itinerant preacher Charles Guiteau fatally shot recently-elected US President James Garfield. Why?
3 - When did the Dutch declare independence for the first time?
4 - Since Italian unification in 1861, which of these cities has never at one point been capital of Italy?
5 - On which island did the Dutch East India Company establish Batavia as the center of its control of the spice trade in the early 17th century?
6 - Who was the last Great Khan of Mongolia?
7 - What did the Battle of the Plains of Abraham decide?
8 - In which country was the use of the longbow first reported?
9 - Where is the oldest university in Europe?
10 - In which US State had Sweden for a time a Colony?
11 - Which South American country fought against the combined armies of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay from 1864 to1870?
12 - When did the last emperor of China ascend the throne?
13 - The Swahili culture is the result of a synthesis of the cultures of costal East Africa and colonizers from:
14 - In which month of 1945 was an atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
15 - Which European nation briefly conquered Taiwan in the 17th century?
16 - Which of the following was never part of the Britsh Empire?
17 - This Soviet premier, a former KGB head who suceeded Brezhnev, was seen as a potential reformer (even as pro-Western) by much of the European and American press, despite his rather conservative actions. He died after little over a year in office due to acute kidney failure. Who was he?
18 - Who was president of the United States when the first southern states seceded from the Union?
19 - Brazil has had 3 capitals during its history. Which are they?
20 - When was the Welsh act of Union?
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