European History

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1. Which king was married to Princess Sophia of Celle?
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2. Which of Henry VIIIs wives was mother to his heir apparent Edward VI?
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3. Which Prime Minister negotiated Britains inclusion into the European Economic Community?
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4. The Middle Ages historically began with the fall of which empire?
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5. Since the 1930s, what country have reclaimed over 1/2 a million acres of land from the sea through the construction of a series of dikes, seawalls and pumps?
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6. What Nobel Prize winners last words were never recorded because his American nurse could not understand German?
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7. Who had two cats called Tommy and Boche while hiding in an attic during World War II?
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8. What was the nickname of French monarch Charles VI, who sometimes thought he was made of glass and would break if people came too close?
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9. What country was Julius Caesar referring to with the famous words I came, I saw, I conquered?
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10. In which country was the spy known as Mata Hari executed?
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11. What actress did Prince Rainier marry in 1956?
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12. What historical figure was assassinated on the day known as the Ides of March?
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13. Who invented the parachute in 1515?
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14. What Russian communist leader was ousted in 1964?
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15. What sorcerer and astrologer allegedly predicted the Great Fire of London, the Kennedy assassination and the Napoleonic wars?
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16. What illegal substance was in many teething medicines used on babies gums in the 19th century?
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17. Which European royal died on Wednesday the 6th of April, 2005?
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18. What was the surname of the last ruling Russian monarchs who were in power until 1917?
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19. In 1941, which of Hitlers high level officials parachuted into Scotland, hoping to persuade the British to switch sides?
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20. What country was known by ancient Romans as Caledonia?
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21. Despite 30 years of research, which psychiatrist was unable to answer the question What do women want?
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22. Which European nations holiday-makers were hardest hit by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami with more than 60 dead and 1,300 missing?
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23. What was the term given to the nightly German bombings of London during World War II?
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24. In 1885, what large gift did a steamship called the Irene carry across the Atlantic?
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25. What treaty was signed in 1919 to end World War I?
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26. Where did Napoleons last battle take place?
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27. On November 18th 1307, who split an apple on his sons head with a single bolt from his crossbow?
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28. What is Athena the Greek goddess of?
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29. Which Middle-Eastern leader died in Paris in November, 2004?
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30. Which Australian commoner married Denmarks Crown Prince Frederik?
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31. What title is given to the eldest son of a Tsar?
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32. Which fashion house did Stella McCartney form a joint venture with in 2001?
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33. What Austrian town was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in?
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34. How many Russian cosmonauts have walked on the moon?
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35. What century was Leonardo da Vinci born in?
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36. Which conflict provided the setting for Ernest Hemingways For Whom the Bell Tolls?
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37. The failure of which crop in 1846 brought widespread famine to Irish peasant farmers?
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38. The group the IRB, who played an important part in the quest for Irish independence, stands for what?
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39. Name the British commander who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo?
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40. The Yugoslavian war between 1991 and 1995 began when Serbia attempted to take land from which two other states?
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41. What year was the Battle of Hastings?
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42. Whom did the Japanese defeat at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905?
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43. What is the former name of the city Istanbul?
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44. According to legend, who played his violin during the burning of Rome?
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45. In 1917, Finland declared itself independent of what country?
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46. The famous Winston Churchill quote a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma referred to which country?
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47. The Troubles is the name given to the decades-old sectarian violence in which country?
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48. What city was devastated by the Great Fire of 1666?
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49. What country was Adolf Hitler born in?
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50. What country were the Spanish Armada sent to attack?
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51. What disease was known as the Black Death?
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52. What European country has remained peaceful since their campaign against Norway from 1814 to 1905?
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53. What is the name of the Portuguese village where 3 children claimed to have visions of the Virgin Mary in 1917?
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54. What is the name of the skull and crossbones pirate flag?
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55. What mountain erupted in 79AD and buried the town of Pompeii?
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56. What right was the British Suffragette Movement striving for?
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57. What ruler made his brothers kings of Naples and Holland?
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58. What two nations declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939?
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59. What was the name of the communist group who came to power after the Russian Revolution in 1917?
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60. What was the name of the Greenpeace ship sunk by French government agents in 1985?
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61. Which device was invented to execute aristocrats during the French Revolution?
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62. Which of Henry VIIIs wives was said to have an extra finger on each hand?
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63. Who became Reich Chancellor of Germany in 1933?
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64. Who became the first man in space in 1961?
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65. Who was the British monarch during World War II?
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66. Who was the dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975?
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67. Who was the last Tsar of Russia?
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68. Who, in 1885, invented the first petrol engine automobile?
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69. What festival began in 1810 and is now held annually in Germany?
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70. Who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize for physics with her husband?
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71. In what year did Christopher Columbus first arrive in the Caribbean?
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72. In what year did the last 2,000 Russian troops leave Germany, ending Russia’s occupation there since World War 2?
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73. How old was the youngest Pope in history, 9, 11, or 16?
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74. What infamous leader is famous for the line: ‘The masses are far more likely to believe a big lie than several small ones’?
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75. What Russian Princess supposedly survived after her entire family were executed in 1918?
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76. What leader of the Huns died on his wedding night in 453 AD?
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77. What color shirts did the Secret Service Nazi troops wear in the 1940s?
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78. Who was president of France from 1958 to 1969?
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79. Which city was besieged by the Ottoman Turks in 1453?
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80. What fictional character came about from the cruel real-life adventures of Prince Vlad III who ruled a region in Romania in the 15th Century?
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81. Queen Sophia of Spain was born into the royal family of which country?
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82. How did King Louis XVI die in Paris on the 21 of January 1793?
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83. Which notorious villain do many historians believe may have been, or had some connection with, Prince Albert Victor, the Duke of Clarence?
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84. What European Queen was already a widow at the age of 18?
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85. What was the nick-name of King Richard I, who showed great courage leading his men in the Third Crusade?
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86. Who was one of the founders of Rome and the first Roman King?
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