Statistics for European History Trivia

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Question	Answer	% Correct
In what modern-day country was the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz located?	Poland	88%
Who was the longest reigning French monarch?	Louis XIV	80%
Who was the leader of Spain from 1939-1975?	Francisco Franco	77%
What is the largest former Yugoslav republic today (by population)?	Serbia	76%
Who was the half-sister of Elizabeth I who also was queen?	Mary I	75%
What city's fall in 1453 marked the de facto end of the Byzantine Empire?	Constantinople	74%
What plot was Guy Fawkes involved in?	Gunpowder Plot	55%
What island was Napoleon exiled to by the British?	Saint Helena	55%
#2 to above	Aragon	51%
Who led Russia to become a great world power?	Catherine the Great	48%
What two kingdoms were united with the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella in 1469?	Castilla	41%
What were supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War called?	Roundheads	33%
Who started the first Crusade?	Pope Urban II	28%
What royal house is currently in control of the Spanish throne?	House of Bourbon	27%
What empire was the first to establish Muslim claims on the Iberian Peninsula?	Umayyad Caliphate	17%