Cleopatra and Julius Caesar had a son together. What was his name?
Augustus
Caesarion
Octavian
Caligula
What European country colonized Angola from 1575 to 1975?
France
England
Spain
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"?
Georgy Malenkov
Nikita Khrushchev
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?
Mexico
China
Italy
Canada
Who assassinated US president James Garfield in 1881?
Gavrilo Princip
Leon Czolgosz
Nathuram Godse
Charles J. Guiteau
What country offered Albert Einstein the role of president in 1952?
Germany
Austria
USA
Israel
Along with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who was the third astronaut aboard Apollo 11?
Roy McBride
Alan Shepard
John Glenn
Michael Collins
In what century did the Peasants' Revolt take place in England as rebels sought a reduction in taxes and an end to serfdom?
12th century
13th century
15th century
14th 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?
China
Japan
Canada
Mexico
What famous privateer was knighted in 1674 and named the Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica in either 1674 or 1675 (accounts differ slightly)?
Joshua Barney
Sir Francis Drake
John Paul Jones
Henry Morgan
In what city did the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria take place?
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