1 - In which Greek City can you find the first monumental sculpture of Greece (shown below)?
2 - When was the Welsh act of Union?
3 - What were the Tonypandy Riots?
4 - Which European nation briefly conquered Taiwan in the 17th century?
5 - Which of these battles was largely a Russian success?
6 - During the Iranian revolution, a group of Americans was taken hostage at the US embassy by radicals, leading to a serious international incident. For how long were these hostages held?
7 - At what city did King Henry IV of Germany submit on his knees to the authority of Pope Gregory VII in 1073?
8 - Which people occupied the Nile delta during the Second Intermediary Period?
9 - Brazil has had 3 capitals during its history. Which are they?
10 - On July 2, 1881, lawyer and itinerant preacher Charles Guiteau fatally shot recently-elected US President James Garfield. Why?
11 - Out of the following unsucessful US Presidential candidates, who won the most electoral votes?
12 - Who was sometime called the "Bohemian corporal"?
13 - What was the league established by the Macedonian King Philip II to gain hegemony over Greece?
14 - Who brought the name Santa Claus with them to the New World?
15 - Polish General Thaddeus Kosciusko served in which foreign country's military?
16 - The 25th Dynasty of Egypt originally ruled which foreign empire?
17 - Which British officer was defeated at Isandlwana by Zulu troops armed with shield and spears?
18 - When did the Dutch declare independence for the first time?
19 - What did the Battle of the Plains of Abraham decide?
20 - Friedrich Barbarossa died in 1190, to the great relief of Saladin, while travelling through Asia Minor on crusade. On which Crusade was this?
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