EUROPEAN HISTORY

(e.g., What republic immediately preceded the Third Reich? Answer: The Weimar Republic.)

Freshman level

1. Who was prime minister of Great Britain for most of the Second World War?

2. Which English king was executed as a result of the English Civil War?

3. Which German general was known as the “Desert Fox”?

Graduate level

4. What battle ended Napoleon’s reign of power?

5. She became famous for her work as a nurse during the Crimean War.

6. What event led to the start of the French Revolution?

Ph.D. level

7. The marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella in 1469 unified much of present-day ____.

8. The ancient Romans called this island Hibernia.

9. Who was the sixth and final wife of Henry VIII?

Answers: 1. Winston Churchill. 2. King Charles I. 3. Erwin Rommel. 4. Battle of Waterloo. 5. Florence Nightingale. 6. Storming of the Bastille. 7. Spain. 8. Ireland. 9. Catherine Parr.

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