1 - Of which country was James I the King before becoming King of England?
2 - By the end of the 19th century, which country was the biggest colonial power?
3 - Which Spanish conquistador destroyed the Aztec (or Mexica) empire in what is now Mexico?
4 - How did Joan of Arc die?
5 - Which region was France forced to cede to Germany in wake of its defeat in 1871?
6 - Where is the monument shown below located?

7 - What was the name of Istanbul before its capture by the Turks?
8 - How did Julius Caesar die?
9 - Which of these empires was not based in Mexico?
10 - Where was the last man to successfully conquer England from?
11 - Which were in 1914 the three belligerent European countries who officially had an emperor?
12 - By what name was Iran known before the 20th century?
13 - What nation exploded its first nuclear bomb in the Rajasthan desert in 1974?
14 - Where are these pyramides located?
15 - Which of those territories never was a Venitian possesion?
16 - What political system based on a strict social hierarchy with land-owning nobles at the top was dominant in middle-age Europe?
17 - By which of those ancient civilizations was Machu Pichu built?
18 - Over which province have India and Pakistan disputed ownership, leading to brief wars in 1948 and 1966?
19 - When was the Holy Roman Empire dissolved?
20 - Where was Napoleon born?
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