Statistics for European History by Letter - N

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Adolf Hitler’s party	Nazi/NSDAP	100%
French Emperor and conqueror of Europe between 1798 and 1815	Napoleon	99%
This Englishman, author of the laws of motion, is considered one of the greatest scientists in history (Sir Isaac)	Newton	98%
The most important science awards are named after this Swedish inventor (Alfred)	Nobel	97%
Pizza was allegedly invented here	Naples	96%
Won the battle of Trafalgar (Horatio)	Nelson	93%
He didn’t fiddle while Rome burnt	Nero	93%
Atlantic region of France regularly looted by the Vikings	Normandy	92%
Founder of modern nursing (Florence, “the lady with the lamp”)	Nightingale	91%
A human species that went excinct approx. 40,000 years ago is named after this German valley	Neandertal	86%
And where did it hold its grim propaganda rallies?	Nuremberg	86%
Switzerland was granted this “permanent” political status in the Vienna and Paris Treaties of 1815	Neutral	85%
Controversial German philosopher who wrote “Thus spoke Zarathustra” (Friedrich)	Nietzsche	76%
French 16th century astrologist who allegedly predicted the death of king Henry II in a jousting duel	Nostradamus	70%
Huguenots (protestants) were granted basic rights by a royal edict signed in this city in Western France	Nantes	60%
European dynasty that obtained the thrones of England and the Netherlands. The capital of a North American island country is named after it	Nassau	55%
Pamplona was the capital of this medieval kingdom in Northern Spain	Navarre	53%
Norwegian scientist (first crossing of Greenland) and Nobel peace prize winner (Fridtjof)	Nansen	13%
Famous Bronze Age (?) artefact picturing sun, crescent, and constellations	Nebra Sky disc	9%
The misery in this Zurich open drug scene of the 1980s led to a major shift in drug policy	Needle Park	9%