1 - Which fortress in the Caribbean was known as the "Gibraltar of the West Indies"?

Brimstone Hill

Romney Manor

Fort Willem

Port de Plaisance

2 - Which US politican shot and killed former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton (who currently appears on the $10 bill) in a duel?

Andrew Jackson

Aaron Burr

John C. Calhoun

Jefferson Davis

3 - What were chinampas?

The system of floating gardens that allowed societies in the Valley of Mexico to create an agricultural surplus

The priestly elite that dominated Mayan city-states at the height of Mayan civilization

Small figurines representing ancestors that were the focus of local religious life in Andean cultures

The name given by peoples in the Valley of Mexico to barbarian invaders from the desert regions of Northern Mexico

4 - Who was this important '60's African political leader?

Jean bedel Bokassa Patrice Lumumba Mobutu Julius Nyerere

5 - The Muslim League was established in 1906 in India as a result of the decision by the British to partition which province?

Bihar

Punjab

Bengal

Hyderabad

6 - The Maji-Maji Revolt was launched in 1907 against German rule in which modern nation?

Namibia

Tanzania

Kenya

Cameroun

7 - Who rode alledgly through the streets of Coventry nude to protest against the high taxes imposed by her husband on his tenants?

Lady Anne

Lady Godiva

Boedicea

Isolde

8 - Which modern country did Marco Polo mean with Zipangu?

Korea

China

Japan

Myanmar

9 - What was the name of the first Inquisitor General of Spain, infamous for his persecution of Jews and Muslims?

Tomás de Torquemada

Juan Sebastian el Cano

Alfredo Barrazo

Hernando del Pulgar

10 - Midway was the first Japanese naval defeat since:

1327

1592

1831

1905

11 - Which ruler of the 'Rus' conquered the Jewish Turkic state known as Khazaria?

Riurik

Igor

Sviatoslav

Iaroslav the Wise

12 - What was the Apadana?

The name of the 'High Road' which stretched from Assyria through Media to Parthia

The name of the tomb of Darius the Great of Persia

The name of the main hall of the Palace in Persepolis

The name of the tomb of Cyrus the Great of Persia

13 - Who wrote the Confessions?

Tertulian

Gregory The Great

Augustine

Ambrose

14 - What other european language is related to Finnish?

Russian

Swedish

Hungarian

German

15 - On top of the French, Portuguese, Dutch and English who also had trading posts in India?

Sweden

Brandenburg

Denmark

Spain

16 - Which of the following 19th century American figures was NOT nominated for the US Presidency by the Whig Party?

Senator Henry Clay

General Winfield Scott

Senator Daniel Webster

General Zachary Taylor

17 - To which Spanish kingdom does this flag belong?

Castile Aragon Leon Navarro

18 - Which ruler united the Khmer Empire?

Jayavarman II

Hsinbyushin

Ramkhamhaeng

Yasovarman I

19 - Ronald Reagan made his first political appearence in 1964, giving a speech for which conservative Republican presidential candidate?

Nelson Rockefeller

Richard Nixon

Barry Goldwater

George Wallace

20 - Where was the first British colonial railroad?

India

South Africa

Jamaica

Canada

 

  

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