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Trivia Questions

In 1191 this "Lion-Hearted" king of England captured Cyprus & Acre during the Crusades

This dictator's last battle was his defeat of Pompey's sons at Munda in 45 B.C.

In 1584 William I of Orange was assassinated in this Dutch city known for its blue & white pottery

This battleship on which the WWII Japanese surrender terms were signed saw combat during the Gulf War

In 1898 Britain leased the New Territories from China, adding to the area of this dependency

In 1273 Rudolf I became the first from this family to rule the Holy Roman Empire, though he was never crowned

In January 1943 FDR & Winston Churchill met in this North African city to discuss the war effort

In 1701 this pirate was hanged in London for murder & 5 counts of piracy

The first European to round Africa's southern tip, he was also on the voyage that discovered Brazil

The "hyper" type of this economic event struck Germany in 1923, when a U.S. dollar was worth 4 trillion marks