Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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"The Maid of Orléans", who lifted the english siege of Orleans and was burned as a heretic by the English | Joan of Arc | 98%
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Explorer from Genoa, who discovered America for Spain | Christopher Columbus | 93%
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Queen of Castille, who married the King of Aragon and finished the Reconquista | Isabella I of Castile | 91%
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Inventor of the printing press with movable letters | Johannes Gutenberg | 89%
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Italian Polymath, who painted the Mona Lisa | Leonardo da Vinci | 88%
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Ruler of Walachia, who fought the Ottomans and is known as an inspiration for a Bram Stoker novel | Vlad the Impaler | 84%
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Banker in Florence, who patronaged Arts and was the first member of his family to gain de facto control of Florence | Cosimo de' Medici | 82%
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King of Aragon, who married the Queen of Castille and finished the Reconquista | Ferdinand II of Aragon | 82%
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Italian explorer, who explored South America, the continent was named after him | Amerigo Vespucci | 77%
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Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea | Vasco da Gama | 75%
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Grand Prince of Moscow, who united Russia, defeated the Golden Horde and made Moscow the "Third Rome" | Ivan III | 61%
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Admiral of the Treasure Fleet, which traveled from China to South East Asia and the Indian Ocean | Zheng He | 39%
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Early reformator in Bohemia, his execution caused a series of religious wars | Jan Hus | 37%
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Ottoman Sultan, who conquered Constantinopel | Mehmed II. | 35%
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Portuguese general, who conquered trading posts like Goa, Hormuz and Malakka, a city in New Mexico is named after him | Afonso de Albuquerque | 30%
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Rich merchant and banker from Augsburg, who financed the HRE Emperors | Jakob Fugger | 26%
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Albanian general, who fought for and against the Ottomans and is admired as a national hero of Albania | Skanderbeg | 23%
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3. Emperor of the Ming dynasty, who founded Beijing, build the Forbidden City and financed the Treasure Fleet | Yongle | 14%
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4. King of the Korean Joseon dynasty, who developed the Korean Writing System | Sejong the Great | 11%
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Ruler, who greatly expanded the Inca Empire and founded Machu Picchu | Pachacútec Yupanqui | 4%
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