Conquerors and Explorers

[Sweetpea]

ONE ANSWER PER DAY PLEASE!

1) Which Germanic people sacked Rome in 410 bringing the Roman empire to an end? - Goths - Bruv

2) Which country was named after Amerigo Vespucci? - America (United States) - Poppy

3) What did the aviator James Angel discover in 1935? - Angel Falls - Von

4) On which day in 1066 was William the Conqueror crowned King of England? - Christmas Day - Von

5) Name one of the three ships on Columbus’ first voyage? - Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria - Von

6) Which European mountain was first climbed by Edward Whymper in 1865? - The Matterhorn - jaysay

7) Which terrible tsar of Russia conquered Kazan, Astrakhan and Siberia in the 16th century? - Ivan the Terrible - Bernie

8) Who, with only 180 followers, conquered Peru in 1531? - Pizzaro - poppy

9) Who was the Norse explorer who landed in North America and named it Vinland? - Leif Eriksson - Von

10) On which island was Captain Cook killed? - Hawaii - Kels97

5. Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria, take your pick.

2. Is America, the United States didn't come about until a couple of centuries later.

And America is a continent NOT a country.

[jaysay]

5 Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

Originally Posted by von Clausewitz

And America is a continent NOT a country.

Very true, but again, I don't think they realised that until much later either.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by churchill

2. Is America, the United States didn't come about until a couple of centuries later.

And America is a continent NOT a country.

Right, lets get this straight, I did not write the questions or the answers.

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Right, lets get this straight, I did not write the questions or the answers.

Are you getting them from Triv?

[Sweetpea]

Nope

The reason I ask is because I've found, probably due to printing errors more often than not, that sometimes Triv does get it wrong.

[Sweetpea]

Human beings are notoriously fallible.