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

Answer: Louis IX,

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

Answer: Louis XIV,

Which commander was known as the Celtic Rose?,

Answer: Boudica,

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

Answer: The Byzantine Empire,

Which of the following fruits, known as 'wolf pear', was wrongly thought to be poisonous?,

Answer: tomato,

Which military commander was known as the 'Liberator of Teutoburg'?,

Answer: Hermann,

Which military leader was known as the 'Reformer of the Legions'?,

Answer: Gaius Marius,

The period after the fall of the Mycenaean civilization and before the birth of the Greek city-states is known as the Greek Dark Ages. Which of these works was written at this time?,

Answer: The Odyssey,

Which of the following reigns of Chinese emperors was known as the 'Reign of Zhenguan'?,

Answer: Emperor Taizong of Tang,

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

Answer: Pericles,

Which commander is known as Purplebeard?,

Answer: Frederick I,

Which ancient Greek city-state was known for its brutal military training and bravery?,

Answer: Sparta,

Which commander is known as Kamakura's Warlord?,

Answer: Minamoto no Yoshitune,

Which commander is known as the Conqueror of Chaos?,

Answer: Cao Cao,

Which commander is known as the Mistress of Mercians?,

Answer: Æthelflaed,