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
England
Portugal
What is the name of the Spanish conquistador believed to have conquered the Aztecs and claimed Mexico on behalf of Spain?
Hernรกn Cortรฉs
Francisco Pizarro
Juan Ponce de Leรณn
Hernando de Soto
Who was the last Great Khan of the Mongol Empire?
Kublai Khan
Mongke Khan
Tolui 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
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Georgy Malenkov
The Zimmerman Telegram from 1917 proposed an alliance between Germany and what country should the United States enter into World War I?
Italy
Canada
China
Mexico
Who assassinated US president James Garfield in 1881?
Leon Czolgosz
Charles J. Guiteau
Gavrilo Princip
Nathuram Godse
What country offered Albert Einstein the role of president in 1952?
Austria
Israel
Germany
USA
Along with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who was the third astronaut aboard Apollo 11?
Alan Shepard
Michael Collins
Roy McBride
John Glenn
In what century did the Peasants' Revolt take place in England as rebels sought a reduction in taxes and an end to serfdom?
14th century
12th century
13th century
15th 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?
Canada
Mexico
Japan
China
What famous privateer was knighted in 1674 and named the Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica in either 1674 or 1675 (accounts differ slightly)?
Joshua Barney
John Paul Jones
Henry Morgan
Sir Francis Drake
In what city did the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria take place?
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