Statistics for European History by Letter - V

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
An era is named after this British Queen	Victoria	100%
They ruled the seas in Northern Europe	Vikings	94%
Italian explorer. Two continents are named after him (Amerigo)	Vespucci	84%
Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery (Alessandro)	Volta	84%
Germanic tribe known for looting Rome	Vandals	79%
Possibly the most important writer in the French enlightenment movement	Voltaire	78%
“Most serene” maritime power in the Middle Ages, Renaissance and early modern period	Venice	75%
Had to support his Lord in the feudal system	Vassal	69%
Site of one of the most terrible WWI battles in North-Eastern France	Verdun	69%
Heart of the Classical period in music (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven)	Vienna	68%
Popular Italian opera composer ("Aida", "Nabucco", "Rigoletto") who sympathized with the unification movement (Giuseppe)	Verdi	64%
One of the most famous Roman authors (“Aeneid”)	Virgil	60%
Swedish royal house of the 16th and 17th century (Gustav, Gustav Adolf), a famous skiing race is named after it	Vasa	33%
This Roman general crushed the Jewish rebellion in 67/68 AD only to become Emperor shortly after	Vespasian	30%
Important trade centre on Gotland, raided by pirates several times	Visby	30%
Gallic leader who had to surrender to Julius Caesar	Vercingetorix	25%
Pacifist French poet, chansonnier (“The deserter”) and actor (Boris, 1920-59)	Vian	18%
Lost thousands of soldiers in the Teutoburg forest against Germanic tribes (Publius Quinctilius)	Varus	16%
“Victorious” Danish king of the 13th century	Valdemar	9%
Period in Swedish history (6th – 8th century) named after a village where boat graves have been excavated	Vendel	5%