Question: As he associated himself with the Greek god of the sun, the bedroom of which long-ruling European monarch was called the Apollo chamber?
Answer: Louis XIV (r. 1643-1715), who is sometimes also called the Sun King

Question: The second most-studied case of genocide (after the Holocaust) is said to have begun on April 24, 1915 when Ottoman authorities arrested 250 intellectuals of what ethnicity?
Answer: Armenian

Question: What military operation is the largest invasion in the history of warfare? Surprisingly, its not Overlord/Normandy.
Answer: Operation Barbarossa, Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during WWII

Question: The 1898 Fashoda Incident was the climax of territorial disputes between France and Britain in what part of the world?
Answer: Africa, more precisely Eastern Africa

Question: In 1894 when a memorandum detailing an offer to procure military secrets was discovered in a waste paper basket inside the German Embassy in Paris, it started the chain of events of what major political scandal?
Answer: Dreyfuss affair

Question: The 1792 Battle of Valmy in which a citizen army defeated the Prussian army is significant for saving/preserving what?
Answer: French Revolution

Question: The 1889 constitution of which country recognized the divine power of its emperor deriving it from a native belief that the imperial family was the offspring of the sun goddess Amaterasu?
Answer: Japan

Question: What Cold War site that got its name from a letter in the NATO alphabet was located at the junction of the streets Friedrichstraße, Zimmerstraße and Mauerstraße?
Answer: Checkpoint Charlie (in Berlin)

Question: The Battle of Coral Sea in WWII in 1942 is notable for the first fleet action of what type of craft that are still in vogue?
Answer: Aircraft carriers

Question: What is common to Emma Elizabeth Smith, Martha Tabram, Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, Mary Jane Kelly, Rose Mylett, Alice McKenzie and Frances Coles, all of who were victims of crimes in the East End of London between 1888 and 1891?
Answer: Victims in the Whitechapel murders, attributed to Jack the Ripper

Question: Owain Glyndŵr (died c. 1416) who was venerated by the 19th century Cymru Fydd movement is considered the national hero of what ethnicity?
Answer: Welsh

Question: The Doumus Aurea complex that was designed to take advantage of new spaces after a fire was built in the period of 64-68 AD by which ruler?
Answer: Emperor Nero (after the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD)

Question: Called the deadliest conflict worldwide since WWII, the African war that lasted from 1998 to 2003 claiming 5.4 million lives takes the name of what country?
Answer: Congo (the Second Congo War)

Question: Which incident in 18th century Japan that involved a group of revenge-seeking leaderless samurai has been dramatized in several accounts and was called the country's 'national legend'?
Answer: Forty-seven ronin

Question: In May 2011, Queen Elizabeth became the second-longest reigning British monarch in history overtaking which monarch?
Answer: George III

Question: The sword Joyeuse that is in the Louvre belonged to which person whose empire united most of Western Europe for the first time since the Romans?
Answer: Charlemagne (c. 742-814)

Question: The philosopher Hegel who lived from 1770 to 1831 described which contemporary personality as 'world history on horseback'?
Answer: Napoleon

Question: In what war that bridged two centuries were the British forces simultaneously under siege at Kimberley, Ladysmith and Mafeking?
Answer: (Second) Boer War (1899-1902)

Question: Name 2 of the 3 present day countries which had more than one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Answer: Greece, Egypt and Turkey

Question: Andabatae, bestiarii, equites, hoplomachi, retiarii and sagittarii are some of what belligerent types?
Answer: Gladiators

Question: """I have survived them all. If there were any left, they'd be too old and weak to stand trial today. My work is done."" In 2003, which Austrian 'hunter' retired saying the above words?"
Answer: Simon Wiesenthal (1908-2005)

Question: For hundreds of years, the coat of arms of the heir apparent to the throne of France featured what animal?
Answer: Dolphin (this is the origin of the title of Dauphin)

Question: The Trưng Sisters who successfully rebelled against the Chinese Han-Dynasty in the 1st century AD are regarded as national heroines in which country?
Answer: Vietnam

Question: The Chaco War (1932-35) that was fought for a region (incorrectly) thought to be oil-rich is South America's bloodiest 20th century conflict. Which two land-locked countries were the participants?
Answer: Bolivia and Paraguay

Question: What is the 'avian' code name for the campaigns of political repression implemented in 1975 by the dictatorships of South America?
Answer: Operation Condor

Question: """I don't care if it's a white cat or a black cat. It's a good cat as long as it catches mice."" Which world leader made the above quote in 1961 which was interpreted to mean that being productive is more important than following any ideology?"
Answer: Deng Xiaoping (1904-97)

Question: If Heinrich Schliemann is to Troy, the British archaeologist Leonard Woolley is to what ancient city?
Answer: Ur in Mesopotamia

Question: Which long-serving Italian prime minister of the 20th century was kidnapped and tragically killed by a group called the Red Brigades in 1978?
Answer: Aldo Moro

Question: Who was executed at Akershus Fortress, Oslo in 1945 along with Albert Hagelin and Ragnar Skancke after being convicted of high treason?
Answer: Vidkun Quisling

Question: In WWII, Germany's 6th army was destroyed in 'Operation Uranus' in 1943 after a bitter battle around which city?
Answer: Stalingrad

Question: Traudl Junge, who wrote the book Until the Final Hour that was the basis for the 2004 film Downfall was the personal secretary of which historical figure?
Answer: Hitler

Question: The 15th century figure Skanderbeg who is remembered for his struggle against the Ottoman Empire is considered the national hero of which country?
Answer: Albania

Question: What is the famous four-letter phrase uttered by Ronald Reagan in his speech in June, 1987 at Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin?
Answer: """Tear down this wall"""

Question: What political movement in first century Judaism that sought to incite people against the Roman Empire has now come to mean fanatical support for a cause?
Answer: Zealotry

Question: In 1973, Libya went to war with which country to claim control of the Aouzou strip which was claimed to be rich with uranium deposits?
Answer: Chad

Question: Portrayed by Sophia Loren on film, Jimena Díaz was the wife of which 11th century European hero?
Answer: El Cid (1040-1099)

Question: When he fell in the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, who became the last English king to die in battle?
Answer: Richard III

Question: Who is the only person in the history of the two major political parties in the US to have been his party's nominee for both President and Vice-President, but who was never elected to either office?
Answer: Bob Dole

Question: In January 1893, the cruiser USS Boston sailed westward from San Francisco carrying 162 sailors and Marines to support what belligerent action?
Answer: Invasion of Hawaii

Question: The 1943 Battle of Kasserine Pass that took place in Tunisia and shown in the opening scenes of Patton is significant as the first large-scale engagement of what two countries in WWII?
Answer: USA and Germany

Question: The Ostend Manifesto was a document written in 1854 that described the rationale for the United States to purchase what island from Spain?
Answer: Cuba

Question: Which Asian mountain pass of significant historical importance has been called "a sword cut through the mountains" by Kipling?
Answer: Khyber Pass