1 - Where was the last man to successfully conquer England from?
2 - Who was America's first president?
3 - Of which country was James I the King before becoming King of England?
4 - What nation exploded its first nuclear bomb in the Rajasthan desert in 1974?
5 - How did Joan of Arc die?
6 - By which of those ancient civilizations was Machu Pichu built?
7 - By what name was Iran known before the 20th century?
8 - When was the Holy Roman Empire dissolved?
9 - Which state sold Corsica to France in 1768?
10 - By the end of the 19th century, which country was the biggest colonial power?
11 - Where was Napoleon born?
12 - What was the name of Istanbul before its capture by the Turks?
13 - Which of those territories never was a Venitian possesion?
14 - How many of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still exist?
15 - Which European royal family, often the butt of inbreeding jokes, once ruled Austria?
16 - Over which province have India and Pakistan disputed ownership, leading to brief wars in 1948 and 1966?
17 - What political system based on a strict social hierarchy with land-owning nobles at the top was dominant in middle-age Europe?
18 - What Italian city was called the 'Queen of the Adriatic' during the Renaissance period?
19 - Which were in 1914 the three belligerent European countries who officially had an emperor?
20 - What Roman general conquered Gaul in the First Century BC?
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