Canada
|
Canada
|
What Viking famously settled in Eastern Canada around 1000 AD?
|
Leif Erikson
|
Who, in 1611, explored much of Northern Canada while seeking the Northwest Passage?
|
Henry Hudson
|
During what war did the U.S. capture the city of Toronto, then known as York?
|
War of 1812
|
Who was the Canadian Prime Minister during World War II?
|
Mackenzie King
|
What British dominion joined Canada in 1949?
|
Newfoundland
|
|
|
Israel
|
Israel
|
In what town did Jesus grow up?
|
Nazareth
|
What building was destroyed by the Romans 70 AD?
|
Second Temple
|
What series of conflicts involved European efforts to capture the Holy Land?
|
Crusades
|
What word refers to an Israeli agricultural commune?
|
Kibbutz
|
What peninsula did Israel annex in 1967 but return in 1982?
|
Sinai Peninsula
|
|
|
Japan
|
Japan
|
What religion was introduced to the country in 538 A.D.?
|
Buddhism
|
What term refers to the hereditary military nobility of medieval Japan?
|
Samurai
|
What destroyed much of Tokyo in 1923?
|
Earthquake
|
What naval base did Japan attack in 1941, bringing them into war against the U.S?
|
Pearl Harbor
|
What city was second to be struck by an atomic bomb?
|
Nagasaki
|
|
|
Spain
|
Spain
|
Who was the wife of Ferdinand II?
|
Isabella I
|
What was the last Muslim city in Spain?
|
Granada
|
On what island was Spain's first permanent settlement in the New World?
|
Hispaniola
|
Who painted "Guernica" a depiction of a bombing that happened during the Spanish Civil War?
|
Pablo Picasso
|
Who was dictator of Spain from 1939 until 1975?
|
Francisco Franco
|
|
|
Argentina
|
Argentina
|
Which element did the Spanish name Argentina after?
|
Silver
|
What notorious Nazi was captured by Israeli agents in Argentina in 1960?
|
Adolf Eichmann
|
What Argentinian fought in the Cuban Revolution and met his end in Bolivia in 1967?
|
Che Guevara
|
Which Argentinian first lady was nicknamed "Evita"?
|
Eva Peron
|
What island group did Argentina invade in 1982?
|
Falkland Islands
|
|
|
Australia
|
Australia
|
What type of curved stick was used by Aboriginal Australians to hunt small prey?
|
Boomerang
|
What British explorer charted maps of Eastern Australia?
|
James Cook
|
What bird did Australia fight a "war" against in 1932?
|
Emus
|
What northern city was hit by Japanese air raids during WWII?
|
Darwin
|
What was Australian prime minister Harold Holt doing when he disappeared in 1967?
|
Swimming
|
The phrasing of the question is asking about an animal that became domesticated during that specific time period, not one that was already domesticated prior to it. There is a significant difference between those two concepts.
I was surprised the correct answer wasn't accepted while the incorrect answer was, especially when the correct answer is far more interesting. :)
Please review and thank you for many years of enjoyment with these terrific quizzes!
Who, surely?