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Biography Quiz - Marco Polo

What do you know about the life of merchant, explorer, and writer Marco Polo?
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1. In which Italian city is Marco Polo believed to have been born in 1254?
Naples ✓
Rome ✓
Genoa ✓
Venice ✓
2. Some biographers claim that Marco Polo was born on which present day island in Croatia, which was then part of the Republic?
Korcula ✓
Krk ✓
Vis ✓
Hvar ✓
3. What were the names of Marco's father and uncle who he traveled with?
Franco and Giuseppe ✓
Francesco and David ✓
Lorenzo and Giovanni ✓
Niccolo and Maffeo ✓
4. How old was Marco Polo when he started the voyage with his father and uncle?
37 ✓
17 ✓
27 ✓
47 ✓
5. After crossing the highlands of Central Asia they entered modern day China, and finally made it to which city?
Shangdu ✓
Guangzhou ✓
Yangzhou ✓
Tianjin ✓
6. Marco Polo traveled throughout China as a messenger and spy for which Emperor of the Mongol Empire?
Genghis Khan ✓
Taidje Khan ✓
Mirza Taqui Khan ✓
Kublai Khan ✓
7. How many years did Marco Polo spend in China?
27 ✓
37 ✓
7 ✓
17 ✓
8. On their return trip to Europe, where did the three Polo men escort the daughter of one of Khan's regional rulers?
Egypt ✓
India ✓
Russia ✓
Persia ✓
9. Why was Marco Polo put in jail when he came back from China?
He accidentally murdered a woman ✓
People didn't believe in his tales from China ✓
He was accused of theft ✓
He commanded a Venetian ship against Genoa ✓
10. What was the name of Marco Polo's cellmate to whom he dictated his stories for the book?
Luca Soderini ✓
Bruno Bernardi ✓
Darius da Venezia ✓
Rustichello da Pisa ✓
11. What is the name of Marco Polo's book also know as "Il milione"?
The Travels of Marco Polo ✓
Marco's Magnificent Adventures ✓
The Adventures of Marco Polo ✓
Polo's Travels to China ✓
12. Which explorer took a copy of Marco Polo's book with him when he set off to find a new route to the Orient?
Ferdinand Magellan ✓
Vasco da Gama ✓
Christopher Columbus ✓
Amerigo Vespucci ✓
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