Memorize these and recognize 22.7% of all European History clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 10 | Seen here is an example of the former currency of this European nation |
| 2 | Spain | 9 | Pre-Euro purchases in this nation required pesetas |
| 3 | the Ottoman Empire | 9 | "We have on our hands a sick man—a very sick man" the Russian czar said of this country |
| 4 | Yugoslavia | 7 | Marshal Tito, born Josip Broz, was president of this country for 27 years; 11 years after his death it began to partition |
| 5 | Romania | 7 | As prince & king, Carol I ruled this Eastern European nation from 1866 to 1914 |
| 6 | France | 7 | Before the U.S., this European nation was mired down in Vietnam |
| 7 | the Holy Roman Empire | 7 | During an interregnum from 1250-1273, this empire had no emperor |
| 8 | Otto von Bismarck | 7 | In 1890 Wilhelm II forced the resignation of this notorious OVB, who was not Prussian around much after that |
| 9 | Hungary | 6 | In November 1956 Soviet troops moved into this country to crush the revolution led by Imre Nagy |
| 10 | Norway | 5 | In 2012 the mass killer of 77 people in this Scandinavian country got the maximum sentence—21 years |
| 11 | Louis XIV | 5 | With a 72-year reign over France from 1643 to 1715, he's the longest-ruling king in European history |
| 12 | Greece | 5 | The drachma |
| 13 | Belgium | 5 | After a German blitzkrieg, this country's King Leopold III surrendered on May 28, 1940 |
| 14 | Austria | 5 | Hitting Innsbruck or Salzburg in this country & saying "G'day, mate!" over & over will only confuse the locals |
| 15 | Vaclav Havel | 5 | In 1989 this writer took the lead in forming the Civic Forum which opposed Czechoslovakia's Communist regime |
| 16 | the Thirty Years' War | 5 | If you're gonna defenestrate, do it in Prague, site of them in 1419, 1483 & 1618, the proximate cause of this conflict |
| 17 | Sweden | 4 | King Gustav III of this country was shot at the opera house in 1792 & died 2 weeks later |
| 18 | Solidarity | 4 | In the 1989 elections this party won 99 of 100 seats in Poland's Senat |
| 19 | Prussia | 4 | Once Europe's leading military power & later the largest state in Germany, it was abolished by the Allies in 1947 |
| 20 | Portugal | 4 | Following a military coup, in the mid-1970s this nation granted independence to all of its colonies except Macau |
| 21 | Napoleon | 4 | He was born in Corsica's capital of Ajaccio on August 15, 1769, the same year the French took over |
| 22 | Macedonia | 4 | Starting in the 300s B.C., Hellenistic civilization was spread from this land where a new country was declared in 1991 |
| 23 | Luxembourg | 4 | Signed in this small northwest nation in 1985, the Schengen Agreement covers the free movement of peoples through the European Union |
| 24 | Julius Caesar | 4 | Celtic independence on the European continent came to an end with this leader's 58 to 51 B.C. conquest of Gaul |
| 25 | Gibraltar | 4 | The British captured this narrow peninsula in 1704; Spain has coveted it ever since |
| 26 | Germany | 4 | At the end of WWII, Poland received Szczecin, now one of its leading ports, from this country |
| 27 | Ferdinand & Isabella | 4 | The marriage of this royal pair in 1469 led to the Trastamara Dynasty ruling over 2 kingdoms united into one |
| 28 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | This nation that was formed at the end of World War I broke in 2 in 1993 |
| 29 | the Warsaw Pact | 4 | After 36 years, this military alliance that was behind the iron curtain was officially dissolved on July 1, 1991 |
| 30 | the Pope | 4 | In medieval politics the Ghibellines supported the emperor; the Guelphs were loyal to the man with this title |
| 31 | Waterloo | 3 | The Military Order of William was created in 1815, after a future Dutch king was wounded in this battle |
| 32 | the Netherlands | 3 | In 1976, after the parliament of this nation said having less than 5 grams of cannabis was legal, it was off to the "coffee shop" |
| 33 | the Hapsburgs | 3 | This Austrian royal house traces its ancestry back to a man known as Guntram the Rich |
| 34 | Switzerland | 3 | On Dec. 11, 1996 this country agreed to search its banks for the assets of Holocaust victims |
| 35 | Russia | 3 | The Central Powers won World War I on the Eastern Front when this country stopped fighting in Dec. 1917 |
| 36 | Rome | 3 | When Italy was declared united in 1861, it was still missing Venice & this current capital |
| 37 | Mussolini | 3 | Certainly up to no good were Hitler & this Italian leader, pictured together in 1937 |
| 38 | Monaco | 3 | In 1297 this principality was acquired by the house of Grimaldi |
| 39 | Milan | 3 | Around 600 B.C. the Insubres, a tribe in northern Italy, founded Mediolanum, today this city |
| 40 | Martin Luther | 3 | Charles convened the Diet of Worms where this man refused to recant his beliefs |
| 41 | Khrushchev | 3 | In March 1958 he succeeded Marshal Bulganin as premier of the Soviet Union |
| 42 | Iceland | 3 | From 930-1262, this country's Althing served as both court & legislature |
| 43 | Holy Roman Emperor | 3 | The Bohemian Czech king Charles IV held this "Holy" title from 1355 to 1378 |
| 44 | heresy | 3 | In 1415 Czech religious reformer John Hus was condemned & burned at the stake for this crime |
| 45 | Granada | 3 | Home to the Alhambra Palace, this last Moorish kingdom of Spain was ruled by the Nasrid Dynasty from the 1200s to 1492 |
| 46 | Gaul | 3 | In 314 a schism was the impetus for the Council of Arles, then a part of this ancient Roman region |
| 47 | Garibaldi | 3 | Living comfortably in Nice in the 1840s, he could not resist joining the then-unlikely movement to make Italy one country |
| 48 | Franz Kafka | 3 | This writer's dad, Hermann, married Julie Lowy in 1882 & named their son after the Austro-Hungarian emperor |
| 49 | El Cid | 3 | He fought both the Spanish Christians & the Moors before conquering Muslim Valencia in 1094 |
| 50 | Denmark | 3 | Bismarck showed off the Prussian military when he provoked this northern country into war over Schleswig-Holstein |
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