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

[Bruv]

1....Goths ?.....no............. not THEM ones.................

9. Leifr Eiríksson.

7. Vlad the Impaler

[Sweetpea]

no, the other guy

[poppy]

2, America

[Kels97]

10. Hawaii

[Bernie]

7. Ivan The Terrible

Originally Posted by Bernie

7. Ivan The Terrible

damn it, you beat me to it.

[Bernie]

Originally Posted by churchill

damn it, you beat me to it.

Sorry don't know many of the answers, this was my late hubbys nickname