History

Question 1

Father of American Navy

Answer 1

John Paul Jones

Question 2

New Orleans pirate

Answer 2

Lafitte

Question 3

Battle of Manila Bay, Spanish-American War

Answer 3

Dewey

Question 4

WW2, Japan, Aircraft Carrier

Answer 4

Nimitz

Question 5

Old ironsides

Answer 5

The Constitution

Question 6

Civil war, Battle of Hampton Roads

Answer 6

Confederate: Merrimack/Virginia
Union: Monitor

Question 7

Portuguese explorer, early 15th Century

Answer 7

Prince Henry the Navigator

Question 8

Portuguese explorer, first to India

Answer 8

Vasco de Gama

Question 9

Spanish explorer, fountain of youth

Answer 9

Ponce de Leon

Question 10

Spanish explorer/conquistador, Aztecs

Answer 10

Cortes

Question 11

Spanish explorer/conquistador, Incas

Answer 11

Pizarro

Question 12

Portuguese-born, died in Philippines

Answer 12

Magellan

Question 13

French explorer, St Lawrence, Montreal

Answer 13

Cartier

Question 14

Father of new France, Quebec

Answer 14

Champlain

Question 15

1770s explorer, Australia, Hawaii, Sandwich, Tahiti

Answer 15

James Cook

Question 16

Battle of Trafalgar, Battle of Nile

Answer 16

Nelson

Question 17

Dr Livingstone I presume?

Answer 17

Stanley

Question 18

Because it’s there, first Euro to attempt Everest

Answer 18

Mallory

Question 19

New Zealand mountaineer, first to summit Everest

Answer 19

Hillary

Question 20

Hillary’s sherpa

Answer 20

Norgay

Question 21

First to south pole, first through Northwest passage

Answer 21

Amundsen

Question 22

Jesuit

Answer 22

St. Ignatius Loyola

Question 23

Confessions, City of God, Hippo

Answer 23

St. Augustine

Question 24

Summa Theologica

Answer 24

Thomas Aquinas

Question 25

Saint of England

Answer 25

George

Question 26

Saint of Ireland

Answer 26

Patrick

Question 27

Saint of Scotland

Answer 27

Andrew

Question 28

Saint of Wales

Answer 28

David

Question 29

Saint of Venice

Answer 29

Mark

Question 30

Saint of Hungary, Stoned to Death

Answer 30

Stephen

Question 31

First pope

Answer 31

Peter

Question 32

Saint of sailors, weather phenomenon

Answer 32

Elmo

Question 33

Canterbury tales

Answer 33

Thomas a Becket

Question 34

Maine to Georgia, East Cost trail

Answer 34

Appalachian

Question 35

Texas trail, Cattle

Answer 35

Chisholm trail

Question 36

Cumberland Gap

Answer 36

Daniel Boone

Question 37

Last Hawaiian monarch

Answer 37

Lillioukalani

Question 38

Japan emperor, Shinto, WW2

Answer 38

Harihito

Question 39

Current Japan emperor

Answer 39

Akihito

Question 40

Monaco royal family

Answer 40

Grimaldi

Question 41

Jordan Queen

Answer 41

Noor

Question 42

Suleiman

Answer 42

Ottoman Empire

Question 43

Roman emperor: After Julius Caesar

Answer 43

Augustus

Question 44

Roman emperor: Execution of Jesus

Answer 44

Tiberius

Question 45

Roman emperor: little boot, depraved

Answer 45

Caligula

Question 46

Roman emperor: Fiddled, fire

Answer 46

Nero

Question 47

Ancient Rome, Stoicism

Answer 47

Marcus Aurelius

Question 48

Roman emperor: First Christian

Answer 48

Constantine

Question 49

Isabella & Ferdinand

Answer 49

Spanish Inquisition