Hist

Question 1

This man sponsored artists like Ibn Khaldun, Hafez, and Sharaf, who participated in a renaissance named after him

Answer 1

Timur

Question 2

Timur took control of this body in Transoxiana, with which he conquered the Golden Horde, Mamluks of Egypt and Syria, and the Delhi Sultanate of India

Answer 2

Chagatai Khanate

Question 3

Timur used this title to refer to himself as a ghazi

Answer 3

“Sword of Islam”

Question 4

Timur defeated this man at the Battle of Ankara against the Ottoman Empire

Answer 4

Bayezid I

Question 5

Ruy González de Clavijo served as an ambassador from Castile in this man’s court

Answer 5

Timur

Question 6

Timur was buried at this location. Soviet archeologists discovered his tomb here, sparking a “curse”

Answer 6

Gar-e-Amir

Question 7

Timur sacked this location after the Knights of Rhodes refused to hang his banner here

Answer 7

Smyrna

Question 8

Timur defeated this leader of the Golden Horde

Answer 8

Tokhtamysh

Question 9

Timur defeated Tokhtamysh at this battle

Answer 9

Battle of the Terek River

Question 10

This law prohibited further funding of the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Reagan administration got around it with unsanctioned funds in the Iran-Contra Affair

Answer 10

Boland Amendment

Question 11

Manucher Ghorbanifar proposed using weapons sales to win the release of hostages from this Iran-backed group in the Iran-Contra Affair

Answer 11

Hezbollah

Question 12

This Lebanese newspaper was the first to break news of the Iran-Contra Affair

Answer 12

Ash Shiraa

Question 13

This Reagan-appointed commission investigated his involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair

Answer 13

Tower Commission

Question 14

This U.S. Deputy Attorney General investigated the Iran-Contra Affair and wrote the book Fireball about his findings

Answer 14

Lawrence Walsh

Question 15

These two men were convicted in the Iran-Contra Affair; the first one served as Secretary of Defense and the second was Lieutenant Colonel at the time

Answer 15

Caspar Weinberger
Oliver North

Question 16

This Reagan administration operation was violated when the executive branch sold weapons to Iran

Answer 16

Operation Staunch

Question 17

“Private Blank Check” was the name of a secret communication channel in this scandal

Answer 17

Iran-Contra Affair

Question 18

This man, a Texas senator, said “who watches the watchman” while heading a commission to investigate Reagan’s involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair

Answer 18

John Tower

Question 19

This woman was among those who were tasked with destroying National Security Council evidence in the Iran-Contra scandal

Answer 19

Fawn Hall

Question 20

This U.S. pilot spilled news of the Iran-Contra scandal to the Sandinista government after he was shot down near Nicaragua

Answer 20

Eugene Hasenfus

Question 21

This National Security Advisor, the architect of a program derisively nicknamed “Star Wars”, was scapegoated during the Iran-Contra Affair

Answer 21

Robert McFarlane

Question 22

The Earl of Stafford was executed for trying to prevent this war

Answer 22

English Civil War

Question 23

This force, including its “Ironsides” cavalry, was led by Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War

Answer 23

New Model Army

Question 24

Thomas Fairfax led a critical counterattack against a cavalry charge led by Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, at this battle during the English Civil War

Answer 24

Battle of Naseby

Question 25

Sir Arthur Aston was beat to death with his own wooden leg because his troops believed it contained gold during this conflict

Answer 25

English Civil War

Question 26

The English Civil War began after a unsuccessful siege of this town

Answer 26

Hull

Question 27

The Putney Debates were held over the ideal course of the future after the first part of this conflict

Answer 27

English Civil War

Question 28

This man famous denied kingship with a refusal to "build Jericho again" after his victory in the English Civil War

Answer 28

Oliver Cromwell

Question 29

The Scottish-backed Royalists lost again at this battle after Charles II became Presbyterian

Answer 29

Battle of Worcester

Question 30

This group got their nickname in derisive reference to Spanish knights who oppressed Dutch protestants

Answer 30

Royalists (Cavaliers)

Question 31

This political group wore rosemary twig and supported popular sovereignty, equality, and religious tolerance during the English Civil War

Answer 31

Levellers

Question 32

This man committed suicide after he was betrayed to Rome by the Kingdom of Armenia

Answer 32

Hannibal Barca

Question 33

Who is Hannibal's brother that participated in the battle of Trebia?

Answer 33

Mago Barca

Question 34

Who is Hannibal's brother that planned the Siege of Saguntum?

Answer 34

Hasdrubal Barca

Question 35

What Spanish river was set as a border in a treaty that Hasdrubal the fair signed with Rome?

Answer 35

River Ebro

Question 36

Hannibal Barca's siege of this Spanish-Roman possession sparked the Second Punic War, he sent funds from the siege to defeat political opponents in Carthage and pay mercenaries

Answer 36

Saguntum

Question 37

Who did Hannibal serve in the court after his voluntary exile from Carthage?

Answer 37

Antiochus III the Great

Question 38

At which battle did Hannibal advise Antiochus III the Great?

Answer 38

The battle of Magnesia

Question 39

This man, whose death at the hands of Ducarius is famously depicted in a painting, lost to Hannibal at the Battle of Lake Trasimene

Answer 39

Gaius Flaminius

Question 40

This man threw pots of venomous snakes at his opponents to win a naval battle

Answer 40

Hannibal Barca

Question 41

This strategy was employed in a scorched earth campaign against Hannibal

Answer 41

"fabian strategy"