1. What was the name of Franz Ferdinand’s assassin?

2. When did Switzerland officially gain its independence?

3. When did the Irish Famine take place?

4. Who was known as the Iron Chancellor?

5. Who was the architect who rebuilt London after the Great Fire of 1666?

6. Which of these battles involved Huns?

7. Through what country did Lady Godiva ride?

8. Which of these peoples once ruled Norway?

9. What was the original name of Constantinople?

10. What country was Vasco da Gama from?

11. The sinking of which of the following ships is considered the greatest maritime disaster of all time?

12. What was the Windscale fire incident?

13. Which Roman emperor built the Segovia aqueduct?

14. Who was the first European to land in North America?

15. Napoleon's Milan Decree put into place a trade blockade aimed at which country?

16. When did the Chernobyl disaster take place?

17. What is the name of the British art historian who was also a Soviet spy?

18. What is the name of the earliest European vernacular epic?

19. What is English admiral Sir Francis Drake famous for?

20. In which year did the Great Smog of London occur?

21. What is the name of the first of the ancient Roman roads?

22. The Industrial Revolution began in which European country?

23. What mysterious disease was an epidemic that struck England and continental Europe in 1485, 1508, 1517, 1528, and 1551, then disappeared?

24. Which of the following are archaic humans named for the valley in Germany where their fossils were first discovered?

25. When was the Council of Europe founded?

26. What does the term "cist" refer to in prehistoric Europe?

27. Who is known as the "Maid of Orléans"?

28. What is the name of the queen who led the revolt against Roman rule?

29. Which revolution dethroned King James II of England?

30. What conspiracy was a plot to kill King James I and to blow up England's Parliament?

31. In which year did Moldova gain its independence?

32. What is the name of the megalithic monument located on the Salisbury Plain, England, that was built between 3000 and 1520 BCE?

33. Which treaty brought an end to the Eighty Years’ War between Spain and the Dutch?

34. With whom did the Scots form the Auld Alliance?

35. What incident happened during a football (soccer) match in England in 1989?

36. Which European states united to form the Union of Lublin?

37. Who introduced Christianity to Ireland?

38. Which battle marked the end of the Teutonic Order expansion at the Baltic Sea?

39. Who were known as “the Apostles of the Slavs”?

40. Which battle resulted in Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire?

41. Who was the founder of the Ascania dynasties?

42. Which European ruler was known as “The Hammer”?

43. Which treaty divided the Carolingian Empire?

44. Which is the oldest university in Europe?

45. What was the preeminent European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries?

46. Who called for the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathari?

47. Which of the following is a language isolate of southwestern Europe?

48. Who was the first woman to be elected to the British Parliament?

49. What disease was the probable cause of the Black Death?

50. What compromise settled the dispute between Pope Calixtus II and Henry V?

51. Which of the following is a cave located in France that contains outstanding examples of prehistoric art?

52. In which year did the Children's Crusade take place?

53. Which term refers to the movement of so-called barbarian peoples in Europe between about 500 and 1000?

54. Which is the extinct wild ox of Europe?

55. What system of education originated in Italy during the 13th and 14th centuries?

56. What other name is the Civil Code of 1804 known by in France?

57. Who formed the secret society called ‘Young Italy’?

58. Who was proclaimed the emperor of Germany in 1871?

59. Who became the first king of a united Italy in 1861?

60. What was the series of civil wars in France between 1648 and 1653 called?