1 - In 1895 which African country defeated Italy allowing it to stay independent?
2 - Who famously delcared 'Veni, vidi, vici' ?
3 - What was the name of Istanbul before its capture by the Turks?
4 - Which of those territories never was a Venitian possesion?
5 - What was the original name of New York?
6 - What Italian city was called the 'Queen of the Adriatic' during the Renaissance period?
7 - How did Joan of Arc die?
8 - Where was the last man to successfully conquer England from?
9 - Of the following Napoleonic battles, which one was a defeat for Napoleonic France?
10 - By the end of the 19th century, which country was the biggest colonial power?
11 - What Roman general conquered Gaul in the First Century BC?
12 - Who was America's first president?
13 - What is the name of the explorer who led the first (proven) expedition around the globe?
14 - Where is the monument shown below located?
15 - Which European royal family, often the butt of inbreeding jokes, once ruled Austria?
16 - Between which countries was the Hundred Years war mainly fought?
17 - Which were in 1914 the three belligerent European countries who officially had an emperor?
18 - How many of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still exist?
19 - Which Spanish conquistador destroyed the Aztec (or Mexica) empire in what is now Mexico?
20 - What nation exploded its first nuclear bomb in the Rajasthan desert in 1974?
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