Statistics for European History by Letter - R

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
This “rebirth” started in Florence	Renaissance	99%
The first larger states in Eastern Europe, the one in Kiev being the dominant	Ruthenia/Rus	99%
English crusader with a lion heart	Richard I	95%
Stole from the rich and gave to the poor (perhaps)	Robin Hood	95%
Infamous Russian mystic with a wild beard	Rasputin	93%
It started with Martin Luther	Reformation	83%
Respected humanitarian organization founded in 1863	Red Cross	78%
The Nazis used a fire in this building to start a terror campaign	Reichstag	77%
Nickname of WWI fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen	Red Baron	76%
The crossing of this small river by Caesar started the Civil War	Rubicon	75%
This “incorruptible” radical leader of the French revolution was beheaded in 1794 (Maximilien)	Robespierre	73%
Scottish king fighting the English	Robert the Bruce	70%
Influential cardinal during the reign of Louis XIII	Richelieu	66%
Influential Geneva born political philosopher (Jean-Jacques)	Rousseau	64%
Discovered X-ray (Wilhelm Conrad)	Röntgen	48%
This Christian war campaign against Muslims in Spain ended with the fall of Granada in 1492	Reconquista	36%
German site of a 1988 air show disaster which killed 70. A rock band named itself after the incident.	Ramstein	34%
Italian left wing guerrilla of the 1970s who murdered former PM Aldo Moro	Red Brigades	14%
This Sicilian mafioso called “the beast” was the most feared for decades (Toto)	Riina	11%
Term for an Irish guerilla fighter of the 17th century	Rapparee	5%