1 - How did Julius Caesar die?
2 - What is the name of the explorer who led the first (proven) expedition around the globe?
3 - Where was the last man to successfully conquer England from?
4 - Over which province have India and Pakistan disputed ownership, leading to brief wars in 1948 and 1966?
5 - Which European royal family, often the butt of inbreeding jokes, once ruled Austria?
6 - What Roman general conquered Gaul in the First Century BC?
7 - Which were in 1914 the three belligerent European countries who officially had an emperor?
8 - Of the following Napoleonic battles, which one was a defeat for Napoleonic France?
9 - Which of these empires was not based in Mexico?
10 - Which of those territories never was a Venitian possesion?
11 - What political system based on a strict social hierarchy with land-owning nobles at the top was dominant in middle-age Europe?
12 - Which region was France forced to cede to Germany in wake of its defeat in 1871?
13 - Where was Napoleon born?
14 - Who founded the Mongol Empire?
15 - Which French king built Versailles?
16 - What was the name of Istanbul before its capture by the Turks?
17 - Of which country was James I the King before becoming King of England?
18 - By which of those ancient civilizations was Machu Pichu built?
19 - Who was defeated at the Battle of Tours (or of Poitiers) by the Franks led by Charles Martel?
20 - Who famously delcared 'Veni, vidi, vici' ?
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