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Wednesday November 17th Program Wednesday November 17th Program

Round 1, First Category Round 1, First Category

THE 15th CENTURY THE 15th CENTURY

Instructions:  move the mouse pointer over the blank “Solution” area to see the correct solution.
Category 1
200 IN THE 1480s HE DESIGNED A FLYING MACHINE THAT USED REVOLVING PADDLES INSTEAD OF WINGS
Solution WHO IS LEONARDO da VINCI?
400 ON JULY 17, 1453 THE FRENCH DEFEATED THE BRITISH AT CASTILLON, THE LAST BATTLE IN THIS CONFLICT THAT BEGAN IN 1337
Solution WHAT IS THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR?
600 A PAPAL BULL OF 1478 INTRODUCED THE SPANISH VERSION OF THIS TRIBUNAL; EXECUTIONS BEGAN SEVERAL YEARS LATER
Solution WHAT IS THE INQUISITION?
800 IN 1421 THE MING DYNASTY MOVED ITS CAPITAL FROM NANKING TO THIS CITY
Solution WHAT IS BEIJING?
1000 IN 1433 & 1472, AS THESE SCARED ORDINARY FOLK, TOSCANELLI CALMLY TRACKED THEIR PATHS IN THE SKIES
Solution WHAT ARE COMETS?