1 - What was the name of Istanbul before its capture by the Turks?
2 - What political system based on a strict social hierarchy with land-owning nobles at the top was dominant in middle-age Europe?
3 - Over which province have India and Pakistan disputed ownership, leading to brief wars in 1948 and 1966?
4 - By which of those ancient civilizations was Machu Pichu built?
5 - How many of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still exist?
6 - Which Spanish conquistador destroyed the Aztec (or Mexica) empire in what is now Mexico?
7 - Which country never had a colony in North America?
8 - Which state sold Corsica to France in 1768?
9 - Who famously delcared 'Veni, vidi, vici' ?
10 - Who founded the Mongol Empire?
11 - Which were in 1914 the three belligerent European countries who officially had an emperor?
12 - Which of those territories never was a Venitian possesion?
13 - Where is the monument shown below located?
14 - What was the capital of West-Germany from 1949 to 1989?
15 - Between which countries was the Hundred Years war mainly fought?
16 - Of which country was James I the King before becoming King of England?
17 - Which European royal family, often the butt of inbreeding jokes, once ruled Austria?
18 - How did Julius Caesar die?
19 - How did Joan of Arc die?
20 - By the end of the 19th century, which country was the biggest colonial power?
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