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From which island did the exiled Napoleon escape in February 1815, setting off the chain of events which led to the Battle of Waterloo?

France and England were once connected by land. River crossings aside, when would it last have been possible to walk between the two?

Between which five present-day countries is the roughly defined geo-cultural territory of Kurdistan mostly now divided?

What name was given at birth to the 1st-century apostle now known as St Paul?

Tesserae played a central role in which Roman art form?

Which 12th-century chronicler suggested that Stonehenge had originally been transported from Ireland to Salisbury Plain with help from the wizard Merlin?

Can you identify these Mediterranean UNESCO World Heritage sites?

An oasis city surrounded by Syrian desert, Palmyra was an important stop on which trade route?

The Hundred Years’ War began in 1337. For how long did it actually continue?

How many enslaved Africans are estimated to have been forcibly transported to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries?

Which philosopher was the tutor of Alexander the Great?

Which winter festival was described by the Roman poet Catullus as the ‘best of days’?

Augustus was the first Roman emperor. When did he come to power?

Which monk founded a monastery on the island of Lindisfarne in around 634?

In which city did Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer open their first retail outlet in 1894?

In 1947, it is believed that rainforest covered 14% of land on Earth. What percentage does it now cover?

To which other land mass is South America believed to have been joined before the break-up of the supercontinent Pangaea around 225 million years ago?

How many Imperial Japanese aircraft took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941?

Palaeontologists have identified a ‘Big 5’ of extinction events. Which one saw the demise of all non-avian dinosaurs?

On which historical figure is Bram Stoker’s Dracula thought to have been based?