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The first letters of each answer form a well-known historical quote; can you answer the questions to identify the quote and then guess who said it?
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Last updated: April 11, 2020
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Letter
Hint
Answer
I
Modern-day country of spice islands once known as the Dutch East Indies
Indonesia
C
North African city state fought by Rome in the Punic Wars
Carthage
A
Prince Consort of Queen Victoria
Albert
M
Florentine diplomat famed for deviousness and authorship of 'The Prince'
(Niccolo) Machiavelli
E
Supreme Allied Commander during WWII, and later a U.S. President
(Dwight D.) Eisenhower
I
Andean civilisation responsible for the royal estate of Machu Picchu
Incan
S
Town famed as the birthplace of England's greatest playwright
Stratford-on-Avon
A
Town in Provence, France that was a seat of the papacy in the Middle Ages
Avignon
W
Battle that was the undoing of Napoleon
Waterloo
I
Current name of the city that was once the capital of the Ottoman Empire
Istanbul
Letter
Hint
Answer
C
English king who lost his head to the Cromwellians at the end of the Civil War
Charles I
O
Ancient Mesoamerican civilisation known for large stone sculptures, especially of heads
Olmec
N
Historic German city, site of postwar trials of prominent Nazis
Nuremberg
Q
"Feathered serpent" deity of the Aztec civilisation
Quetzalcoatl
U
Widely acknowledged name for the joining of the Scottish and English monarchies with James VI & I in 1603
Union of Crowns
E
Ancient civilisation of modern Italy renowned for frescos and sculptures of its many gods
Etruscan
R
Scottish king who helped secure the nation's independence with victory at Bannockburn
Robert (I) the Bruce
E
Era that succeeded the Victorian in the UK
Edwardian
D
Popular name for the Normandy landings of WWII
D-Day
 
 
 
Quote
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I came, I saw, I conquered
Julius Caesar
NigelS
+2
Level 95
Apr 11, 2020
"Widely acknowledged" might be a bit of a stretch. I've always known it as the Act of Union, though I suppose Union of Crowns was the outcome. Anyhow, nice quiz.
donkeyman314
+1
Level 88
Apr 11, 2020
The Act of Union's a different thing, that happened in 1707. Glad you like the quiz, though, mate :)
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