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    Question 1: What period of time during the Eighty Years War (1568- 1648) is referred to as the Twelve Years Truce?
    A. 1635 to 1647
    B. 1598 to 1610
    C. 1569 to 1581
    D. 1609 to 1621
    Question 2: In the Netherlands, who headed the famous postwar Cabinet of 1948 - 1958?
    A. Barend Biesheuvel
    B. Victor Marynen
    C. William Drees
    D. Pieter Gerbrandy
    Question 3: Who became the first female Cabinet minister of Holland in 1956?
    A. Kenau Hasselaar
    B. Wilhelmina Drucker
    C. Margarita Klompe
    D. Aletta Jacobs
    Question 4: Which king of England is not the title character of a Shakespearean play?
    A. Richard III
    B. Henry VIII
    C. Henry VII
    D. Richard II
    Question 5: Which great journey was funded by an English king?
    A. Giovanni da Verrazzanos to Manhattan (1524)
    B. Ferdinand Magellans round trip around the world (1519-1521)
    C. Giovanni Cabotos to Newfoundland (1497)
    D. Christopher Columbuss to the West Indies (1492)
    Question 6: What was the connection between Mary Stuart (Queen of Scots) and Bloody Mary (Queen of England)?
    A. Mary Stuarts grandmother, Margaret Tudor, was an aunt of the English Mary.
    B. They were the same person.
    C. Bloody Mary had the Scottish Mary beheaded
    D. They were both daughters of Henry VIII (but had different mothers).
    Question 7: What was the connection between James I of England and James VI of Scotland?
    A. Their boyish fight at St Andrews University sparked a war that eventually led to the unification of Scotland and England.
    B. They were the same person.
    C. James I was the great-grandfather of James VI.
    D. They were both illegitimate sons of Elisabeth I.
    Question 8: Who or what destroyed the Great Spanish Armada in 1588?
    A. A hurricane off the coast of Ireland
    B. Admiral Nelson at Trafalgar
    C. Francis Drakes attack in the English Channel
    D. Dutch warships
    Question 9: Shakespeares theater, The Globe, was destroyed by fire in 1613. Which Queen saw its reopening?
    A. Elisabeth I
    B. Anne
    C. Victoria
    D. Elisabeth II
    Question 10: When James, brother of king Charles II, married Mary of Modena, who was Catholic, the English Parliament wanted James to do what?
    A. Renounce his rights to the English throne
    B. Force her to become Anglican or Presbyterian
    C. Divorce her
    D. Abstain from having sex with his wife
    Question 11: What was the last successful foreign invasion of Britain?
    A. Spanish in 1588
    B. Dutch in 1688
    C. German in 1940
    D. Norman in 1066
    Question 12: Where did Scotland unsuccessfully try to establish a colony?
    A. Uganda
    B. Panama
    C. Kiribati
    D. Alaska
    Question 13: Who can be regarded as the only military dictator of England?
    A. England never had a dictator.
    B. Oliver Cromwell
    C. Guy Fawkes
    D. Winston Churchill
    Question 14: The House of Windsor was founded by King George V in 1917 when he changed the name of his family to Windsor. What was the original name of his family?
    A. German
    B. Dutch
    C. Norman
    D. Ancient English
    Question 15: What decade witnessed the publishing of Charles Darwins The Origin of Species, and the first official game of baseball?
    A. 1890s
    B. 1850s
    C. 1800s
    D. 1790s