A Mixed Bag

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1. Who succeeded Anthony Eden as British Prime Minister? Winston Churchill Alec Douglas-Home Clement Attlee Harold Macmillan

2. Which ancient empire had four kings called Nebuchadnezzar? Inca Babylonian Ottoman Greek

3. Rome was not always the capital of the Roman Empire. Which two other cities also held that title? Genoa and Venice Milan and Florence Milan and Ravenna Florence and Genoa

4. How long after his marriage to Catherine of Aragon was annulled by the Archbishop of Canterbury did Henry VIII marry Anne Boleyn? 10 months 1 day He married her before it was annulled 22 days

5. The 2000 film ‘Gladiator’ was loosely based on the life of which Roman Emperor, played in the movie by Joaquin Phoenix? Caligula Titus Commodus Hadrian

6. From which European country did Belgium gain independence in 1830? France Great Britain Spain The Netherlands

7. By what name are the former ‘Danish Antillies’ now known? Faroe Islands Bahamas U.S. Virgin Islands Greenland

8. When did the Papacy move its seat from the Vatican and relocate in Avignon in southern France for nearly 70 years? 1459-1527 1409-1477 1309-1377 1509-1577

9. The German Empire was founded from numerous kingdoms, duchies and principalities. Four of the founding states were kingdoms -- Bavaria, Prussia and Wurttemberg were three, which was the other one? Brunswick Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Saxony Hesse

10. Who was the first Russian ruler to assume the title of Czar? Nicholas I Feodor II Peter I Ivan IV