Cleopatra and Julius Caesar had a son together. What was his name?
Octavian
Caligula
Caesarion
Augustus
What European country colonized Angola from 1575 to 1975?
Spain
France
Portugal
England
What is the name of the Spanish conquistador believed to have conquered the Aztecs and claimed Mexico on behalf of Spain?
Francisco Pizarro
Hernando de Soto
Juan Ponce de Leรณn
Hernรกn Cortรฉs
Who was the last Great Khan of the Mongol Empire?
Tolui Khan
Kublai Khan
Mongke Khan
Genghis Khan
In what century was the construction of the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy completed?
What Soviet leader was born Ioseb Besarionis dzะต Djugashvili but later changed his name to something which translates to "Man of Steel"?
Nikita Khrushchev
Georgy Malenkov
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
The Zimmerman Telegram from 1917 proposed an alliance between Germany and what country should the United States enter into World War I?
Italy
China
Canada
Mexico
Who assassinated US president James Garfield in 1881?
Charles J. Guiteau
Nathuram Godse
Leon Czolgosz
Gavrilo Princip
What country offered Albert Einstein the role of president in 1952?
USA
Germany
Austria
Israel
Along with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who was the third astronaut aboard Apollo 11?
John Glenn
Roy McBride
Michael Collins
Alan Shepard
In what century did the Peasants' Revolt take place in England as rebels sought a reduction in taxes and an end to serfdom?
13th century
15th century
14th century
12th century
In what year did the Easter Rising take place in Ireland when Irish Republicans sought an end to British rule in the country?
In 1882, US president Chester A. Arthur signed into law an act that banned the immigration of laborers from what country into the United States?
Japan
China
Canada
Mexico
What famous privateer was knighted in 1674 and named the Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica in either 1674 or 1675 (accounts differ slightly)?
Sir Francis Drake
Joshua Barney
Henry Morgan
John Paul Jones
In what city did the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria take place?
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