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Trivia Questions

In 1633 he was brought before the Inquisition for believing the doctrine of the Earth moving around the sun

This Athenian's code was so strict, you could be executed for stealing a cabbage

In 1812 Napoleon's Grand Army of 614,000 invaded this country; months later only 40,000 were left

Wheat was introduced to the New World by this explorer in 1493

This personal guard of Roman emperors consisted of 9 cohorts of 1,000 soldiers each

Last name of the brothers who made an overland trek in the 1260s from Bukhara, Uzbekistan to China

In 1992 Pres. Alberto Fujimori suspended this country's constitution & dissolved the legislature

On Sept. 3, 1996 the U.S. launched cruise missiles against this country for attacking Kurd territory

Wladyslaw Gomulka was first secretary of this country's Communist party from 1956-1970

In 1517 the Ottoman Turks took this country & put a pasha in power; today a Mubarak rules