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  • 1. 
    What was the name of Franz Ferdinand’s assassin?

  • Edgar Allan Poe
  • John Wilkes Booth
  • Gavrilo Princip
  • Lee Harvey Oswald

  • 2. 
    When did Switzerland officially gain its independence?

  • 1688
  • 1798
  • 1648
  • 1708

  • 3. 
    When did the Irish Famine take place?

  • 1895
  • 1845
  • 1925
  • 1810

  • 4. 
    Who was known as the Iron Chancellor?

  • Hermann Goering
  • Otto von Bismarck
  • Wilhelm II
  • Winston Churchill

  • 5. 
    Who was the architect who rebuilt London after the Great Fire of 1666?

  • I.M. Pei
  • Sir Christopher Robin
  • Christopher Columbus
  • Sir Christopher Wren

  • 6. 
    Which of these battles involved Huns?

  • Cannae
  • Caerphilly
  • Chalons
  • Chancellorsville

  • 7. 
    Through what country did Lady Godiva ride?

  • France
  • England
  • Holland
  • Ireland

  • 8. 
    Which of these peoples once ruled Norway?

  • Aztecs
  • Romans
  • Irish
  • Vikings

  • 9. 
    What was the original name of Constantinople?

  • Athens
  • Tel Aviv
  • Byzantium
  • Istanbul

  • 10. 
    What country was Vasco da Gama from?

  • Germany
  • Portugal
  • Italy
  • Spain

  • 11. 
    The sinking of which of the following ships is considered the greatest maritime disaster of all time?

  • Lusitania
  • Britannic
  • Wilhelm Gustloff
  • Titanic

  • 12. 
    What was the Windscale fire incident?

  • Bioterrorism
  • Nuclear accident
  • Civil unrest
  • Structure fire

  • 13. 
    Which Roman emperor built the Segovia aqueduct?

  • Trajan
  • Hadrian
  • Claudius
  • Marcus Aurelius

  • 14. 
    Who was the first European to land in North America?

  • Marco Polo
  • Leif Erikson
  • Christopher Columbus
  • Ferdinand Magellan

  • 15. 
    Napoleon's Milan Decree put into place a trade blockade aimed at which country?

  • Russia
  • Great Britain
  • Sweden
  • Portugal

  • 16. 
    When did the Chernobyl disaster take place?

  • 1979
  • 1986
  • 1982
  • 1997

  • 17. 
    What is the name of the British art historian who was also a Soviet spy?

  • Michael Baxandall
  • Anthony Blunt
  • Stephen Bann
  • Bernard Ashmole

  • 18. 
    What is the name of the earliest European vernacular epic?

  • Prose Edda
  • Kalevala
  • Epic of Gilgamesh
  • Beowulf

  • 19. 
    What is English admiral Sir Francis Drake famous for?

  • Circumnavigation of the globe
  • Discovery of Northwest Passage
  • Discovery of Quebec
  • Navigation of St. Lawrence river

  • 20. 
    In which year did the Great Smog of London occur?

  • 1960
  • 1952
  • 1955
  • 1947

  • 21. 
    What is the name of the first of the ancient Roman roads?

  • Via Egnatia
  • Via Appia
  • Via Aurelia
  • Via Augusta

  • 22. 
    The Industrial Revolution began in which European country?

  • Great Britain
  • Italy
  • Norway
  • Belgium

  • 23. 
    What mysterious disease was an epidemic that struck England and continental Europe in 1485, 1508, 1517, 1528, and 1551, then disappeared?

  • Sweating sickness
  • Influenza
  • Smallpox
  • Cholera

  • 24. 
    Which of the following are archaic humans named for the valley in Germany where their fossils were first discovered?

  • Denisovans
  • Homo rudolfensis
  • Neanderthals
  • Cro-Magnons

  • 25. 
    When was the Council of Europe founded?

  • 1960
  • 1919
  • 1995
  • 1949

  • 26. 
    What does the term "cist" refer to in prehistoric Europe?

  • Sword or dagger
  • Well or cistern
  • Coffin or burial place
  • House or tent

  • 27. 
    Who is known as the "Maid of Orléans"?

  • Therese of Lisieux
  • Eleanor of Aquitaine
  • St. Joan of Arc
  • Marie Antoinette

  • 28. 
    What is the name of the queen who led the revolt against Roman rule?

  • Cartimandua
  • Anne
  • Marcia
  • Boudicca

  • 29. 
    Which revolution dethroned King James II of England?

  • Young Turk Revolution
  • October Revolution
  • Glorious Revolution
  • Brabant Revolution

  • 30. 
    What conspiracy was a plot to kill King James I and to blow up England's Parliament?

  • Throckmorton Plot
  • Gunpowder Plot
  • Bye Plot
  • Mornay Plot

  • 31. 
    In which year did Moldova gain its independence?

  • 1912
  • 1991
  • 1877
  • 1998

  • 32. 
    What is the name of the megalithic monument located on the Salisbury Plain, England, that was built between 3000 and 1520 BCE?

  • Uffington White Horse
  • Giant’s Causeway
  • Stonehenge
  • Skara Brae

  • 33. 
    Which treaty brought an end to the Eighty Years’ War between Spain and the Dutch?

  • Treaty of Tordesillas
  • Peace of Westphalia
  • Magna Carta
  • Peace of Callias

  • 34. 
    With whom did the Scots form the Auld Alliance?

  • France
  • Sweden
  • Netherlands
  • Spain

  • 35. 
    What incident happened during a football (soccer) match in England in 1989?

  • Estadio Nacional disaster
  • Hillsborough disaster
  • Burnden Park disaster
  • Luzhniki disaster

  • 36. 
    Which European states united to form the Union of Lublin?

  • Germany and Denmark
  • Estonia and Latvia
  • Poland and Lithuania
  • Austria and Switzerland

  • 37. 
    Who introduced Christianity to Ireland?

  • Saint Patrick
  • Saint Valentine
  • Saint Christopher
  • Saint Nicholas

  • 38. 
    Which battle marked the end of the Teutonic Order expansion at the Baltic Sea?

  • Battle of the Neva
  • Battle of Kulikovo
  • Battle of the Sit River
  • Battle of Grunwald

  • 39. 
    Who were known as “the Apostles of the Slavs”?

  • Saints Gervase and Protase
  • Saints Cosmas and Damian
  • Saints Medard and Gildard
  • Saints Cyril and Methodius

  • 40. 
    Which battle resulted in Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire?

  • Battle of Frigidus River
  • Battle of Pollentia
  • Battle of Narbonne
  • Battle of Milvian Bridge

  • 41. 
    Who was the founder of the Ascania dynasties?

  • Albert I
  • Leopold III
  • Otto I
  • Ulrich

  • 42. 
    Which European ruler was known as “The Hammer”?

  • Clovis I
  • Charles Martel
  • Pippin III
  • Louis the Pious

  • 43. 
    Which treaty divided the Carolingian Empire?

  • Treaty of Verdun
  • Treaty of Stolbovo
  • Treaty of Brétigny
  • Treaty of Meerssen

  • 44. 
    Which is the oldest university in Europe?

  • University of Salamanca
  • University of Bologna
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Padua

  • 45. 
    What was the preeminent European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries?

  • East-West Schism
  • Enlightenment
  • Utilitarianism
  • Romanticism

  • 46. 
    Who called for the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathari?

  • Pope Innocent III
  • Pope Gregory IX
  • Pope Boniface VIII
  • Pope Honorius III

  • 47. 
    Which of the following is a language isolate of southwestern Europe?

  • Basque
  • Estonian
  • Ainu
  • Koine

  • 48. 
    Who was the first woman to be elected to the British Parliament?

  • Susan Lawrence
  • Constance Markievicz
  • Mary Hamilton
  • Nancy Astor

  • 49. 
    What disease was the probable cause of the Black Death?

  • Syphilis
  • Smallpox
  • Influenza
  • Plague

  • 50. 
    What compromise settled the dispute between Pope Calixtus II and Henry V?

  • Treaty of San Germano
  • Lateran Treaty
  • Concordat of Worms
  • Declaration of Rhens

  • 51. 
    Which of the following is a cave located in France that contains outstanding examples of prehistoric art?

  • Lascaux
  • Longmen
  • Altamira
  • Aggtelek

  • 52. 
    In which year did the Children's Crusade take place?

  • 1300
  • 1212
  • 1283
  • 1250

  • 53. 
    Which term refers to the movement of so-called barbarian peoples in Europe between about 500 and 1000?

  • Crusades
  • Great Migration
  • Reformation
  • Migration period

  • 54. 
    Which is the extinct wild ox of Europe?

  • Gaur
  • Aurochs
  • Kouprey
  • Banteng

  • 55. 
    What system of education originated in Italy during the 13th and 14th centuries?

  • Anthropology
  • Archaeology
  • Montessori schools
  • Humanism

  • 56. 
    What other name is the Civil Code of 1804 known by in France?

  • Codex Theodosianus
  • Las Siete Partidas
  • Corpus Juris Civilis
  • Code Napoléon

  • 57. 
    Who formed the secret society called ‘Young Italy’?

  • Camillo Cavour
  • Giuseppe Mazzini
  • Francesco Crispi
  • Vincenzo Gioberti

  • 58. 
    Who was proclaimed the emperor of Germany in 1871?

  • William I
  • Rudolf I
  • Henry the Fowler
  • Philip of Swabia

  • 59. 
    Who became the first king of a united Italy in 1861?

  • Victor Emmanuel II
  • Arduin of Ivrea
  • Napoleon I
  • Umberto I

  • 60. 
    What was the series of civil wars in France between 1648 and 1653 called?

  • The Fronde
  • War of Devolution
  • Battle of the Thirty
  • Siege of La Rochelle
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