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Which famous Japanese samurai was called 'Ushiwakamaru' as a child?,

Answer: Minamoto no Yoshitsune,

Which nation was the first to invent and use papyrus as a writing material?,

Answer: Egypt,

What figure in history disguised himself as a Prussian captain and made off with over 4,000 gold marks only to be later considered a folk hero and called 'Köpenick's Captain'?,

Answer: Wilhelm Voight,

Which of the following was praised by your countrymen as Ancient Greece's best and most honest of democratic representatives?,

Answer: Pericles,

Which of the following is a term for a valuable material of geological origin that can be extracted from the earth?,

Answer: Natural resources,

Which commander was known as the Celtic Rose?,

Answer: Boudica,

Which Roman Emperor was named Augustus after ending a civil war?,

Answer: Gaius Octavius,

Which French monarch was known as 'Saint Louis'?,

Answer: Louis IX,

Which of the following is a non-renewable energy source (such as coal, oil, or natural gas)?,

Answer: Fossil fuel,

Which of the following was a Knight of the Round Table?,

Answer: Lancelot,

'The end justifies the means' was a core belief of the author of 'The Prince'. What was his name?,

Answer: Machiavelli,

Which of the following French kings was known as the Sun King?,

Answer: Louis XIV,

Which of the following was a Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievement?,

Answer: Humanism,

Which of the following was also known as the Eastern Roman Empire?,

Answer: The Byzantine Empire,

Which of the following was not a pillar of the Renaissance?,

Answer: Mannerism,