GENERAL

Question 1

This Middle East War was the Longest conventional war in 20th century.

Answer 1

Iraq-Iran War from 1980-1988.

Question 2

1978 Heist at JFK airport in NY.
Jimmy “The Gent” Burke.

Answer 2

The LUFTHANSA Heist.

Question 3

Spanish explorer of Texas

Answer 3

Cabeza de Vaca

Question 4

First cat in Space

Answer 4

FELICETTE (France)

Question 5

La dernière impératrice de France

Answer 5

Eugenie de Montijo

Question 6

First Emperor of China

Answer 6

Qin Shi Huang

Question 7

Pope from 540-640 who promoted missionaries to England

Answer 7

Gregory the Great (Gregory the 1st)

Question 8

1st Calif to succeed Mohammed

Answer 8

Abu Bakr

Question 9

Patron Saints of ITALY

Answer 9

St Francis of Assisi
St Catherine of Sienna

Question 10

Ottoman SULTAN (emperor) at time of the conquest of Constantinople

Answer 10

Mehmet II (The Conqueror)

Question 11

Commonly known as the Magnificent in the Western world and as the Lawgiver in his own realm, was the Ottoman sultan between 1520 and his death in 1566.

Answer 11

Suleiman the Magnificent

Question 12

leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years’ War (1568–1648) and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648.

Answer 12

William I of Orange (aka Wm the Silent or Wm the Taciturn)

Question 13

King of France murdered by Catholic radical

Answer 13

Henry IV (Henri de Navarre)

Question 14

the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia. Patron of Arts.

Answer 14

Frederick the Great aka Frederick the II of Prussia aka Old Fritz

Question 15

Native leader in Oregon who retreats to Canada (1840-1904)

Answer 15

Chief Joseph

Question 16

Only UK PM to serve 4 terms

Answer 16

William Gladstone

Question 17

Hungarian revolutionary against Austria in 1848

Answer 17

Zlajos KOSSUTH

Question 18

First African independence leader who led GHANA to independence.

Answer 18

Kwame NKRUMAH

Question 19

Western Germany Chancellor in 1969

Answer 19

Willy BRANDT

Question 20

Egyptian military leader who overthrew Farouk I in 1952

Answer 20

Gamel NASSER

Question 21

Early empires of Persia

Answer 21

Medean
Achaemenid

Question 22

First Buddhist Emperor

Answer 22

Ashoka (Mauryan Dynasty)

Question 23

First Ancient capital of Iran

Answer 23

Ectabana (now Hamadan), Iran

Question 24

powerful ancient African civilization that thrived from around the 1st century CE to the 8th century CE, centered in what is today Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Answer 24

The Aksumite Empire (also spelled Axumite Empire).

Question 25

Dynasty of the FIRST TIBETAN EMPIRE

Answer 25

Yarlung Dynasty – Tibetan Empire (c. 6th–9th century CE)

Question 26

Buddhist Empire in south Sumatra lasting from 683-1293

Answer 26

Sriwijaya Empire

Question 27

Explain the the KANEM EMPIRE (700-1387).

Answer 27

The Kanem Empire (c. 700–1376 CE) was a powerful Central African kingdom near Lake Chad, thriving on trans-Saharan trade, Islamic influence, and military expansion under the Sayfawa dynasty.

Question 28

Explain Ghana Empire

Answer 28

Ghana Empire (4th–13th century) was a wealthy West African Soninke kingdom, thriving on trans-Saharan gold-salt trade, with capital Koumbi Saleh; declined after Almoravid invasion and rise of Mali.

Question 29

Explain Ethiopian empire of the 12th to 19th century

Answer 29

The Zagwe (12th–13th century) and Solomonic (1270–19th century) dynasties ruled Ethiopia, claiming descent from Solomon. Christian, they built rock-hewn churches, resisted Muslim expansion, and centralized power until weakened by regional wars and European influence in the 19th century.

Question 30

Explain Trebizond Empire

Answer 30

The Empire of Trebizond (1204–1461), a Byzantine Greek successor state on the Black Sea, thrived on trade, diplomacy, and silver mining under the Komnenos dynasty until conquered by the Ottomans.

Question 31

Fulo Empire

Answer 31

The Grand Fulo (Empire of Great Fulo), or Denianke Kingdom, was a 16th-century Pulaar state in Senegal’s Futa Toro region, founded by Koli Tenguella after conquering Jolof Empire remnants; ruled until overthrown by Islamic revolution in 1776.

Question 32

First photograph inventor

Answer 32

Nicephore Niepce (then Daguerre)

Question 33

US President who sent Commodore Matthew Perry to Japan in 1853

Answer 33

Millard Fillmore