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History by Letter - M

Can you name these historical people, places, and things beginning with the letter M?
Quiz by Geoguy
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Last updated: July 27, 2019
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First submittedJuly 13, 2014
Times taken81,558
Average score70.0%
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Answer
Sistine Chapel painter
Michelangelo
Cradle of civilization between
the Tigris and Euphrates
Mesopotamia
Considered by Muslims to be
the last prophet
Muhammad
Famous Incan city in Peru
Machu Picchu
Often called the world's first
industrialized city
Manchester
Author of the U.S. Bill of Rights
James Madison
Communist Manifesto author
Karl Marx
Religious movement founded
by Joseph Smith
Mormonism
Influential Florentine house that
produced 4 popes
Medici
Queen of Scots who was
beheaded
Mary
Hint
Answer
Ford's first mass-produced auto
Model T
England's "Great Charter" of 1215
Magna Carta
Italian inventor of radio
Guglielmo Marconi
First black President of South Africa
Nelson Mandela
U.S. project to build the atomic bomb
Manhattan Project
Austrian child prodigy and composer
Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
Muslim group that once ruled Spain
Moors
City which marked the easternmost
point of Napoleon's conquests
Moscow
Mesoamerican civilization famous for
their accurate calendar
Maya
Indian Empire from 1526 to 1867,
with Agra as its capital
Mughal
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Level 83
Jul 26, 2014
So happy you accept Moops!
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Level 84
Apr 30, 2017
It wouldn't have occurred to me to try. Hilarious!
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Level 82
Sep 2, 2014
not too hard. Might have helped that I've been to Agra before. Not sure what a Moop is.
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Level 57
Sep 2, 2014
Tell me you're joking. "I'm sorry, it says Moops!"
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Level 88
Sep 2, 2014
Bubble Boy, one of the great Seinfeld episodes!
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Level 89
Apr 10, 2020
Well, not everybody watches Seinfeld. I've seen the episode, so I understood the joke.
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Level 63
Apr 27, 2022
In a famous episode of the TV show Seinfeld called ‘the Bubble Boy,’ George is playing trivial pursuit with an arrogant, obnoxious ‘boy’ who lives in a clean room (and goes unseen the whole episode). When the gloating ‘kid’ (he is deliberately voiced by one of the older writers to lessen sympathy for him) is about to win, the question is about who ruled Spain and the answer is ‘Moors.’ But the card has a misprint on it and says ‘Moops,’ and because the kid’s been so rude and obnoxious, George chooses to take the position that the kid is wrong and that, since the card says ‘Moops,’ it is the only acceptable answer. This leads to a huge fight.

It’s one of the best episodes of maybe the best sitcom of all-time.

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Level 83
Sep 2, 2014
There are different spellings of Mughal depending on your source, including Moghul and Mogul.
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Level 86
Sep 2, 2014
In french, we call them the Mogols (or Moghols), so I had to check the english spelling (which is not cheating in my opinion). They are of course related with the Mongols.
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Level 63
Sep 2, 2014
yeah I tried Mogul then gave up. The only one I didnt get too. Shame
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Level 69
Sep 2, 2014
Same here
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Level ∞
Sep 2, 2014
Added a couple more type-ins for that one.
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Level 75
Sep 2, 2014
At first I was reading "beheaded" as a verb and couldn't figure out how you got an M out of Elizabeth. (Mean Queen?) Finally it clicked that it was an adjective instead. Duh. Only missed Mughal. Kept trying Mongol. Duh again.
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Level 82
Oct 23, 2016
Struggled with thinking up a 'religious movement started by Joseph Stalin' until I read the clue a little more carefully.
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Level 86
Apr 30, 2017
I feel your pain. I couldn't think of an Australian musical prodigy.
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Level 89
Apr 30, 2017
I couldn't think of the first black president of South America.
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Level 52
Apr 10, 2017
At least in my country the first mass-producted auto was called T-Ford and I was wondering how it can start with M.
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Level 56
Apr 30, 2017
I never knew "Ford T" began with an M.
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Level 65
Apr 30, 2017
I thought that was a bit of a silly clue too...
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Level 75
Apr 30, 2017
It was, and is, always referred to as the "Model T" in the U.S, whence it came.
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Level 78
May 1, 2017
Still, it's not the best question since it's an unofficial name whose use is not widespread in all the world. This question would be much better placed under the "T" questions.
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Level 66
Apr 30, 2017
Freudian slip? I typed "Moron" instead of "Mormon"...
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Level 80
May 1, 2017
*eye roll*
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Level 65
May 1, 2017
I got a poor 10 but it actually said, and I got points for, 13/20 !?
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Level 48
May 1, 2017
I have board gaming to thank for getting correct the least guessed answer.
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Level 41
May 2, 2017
Marconi wasn't the inventor of the radio it was Tesla
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Level 72
Jul 27, 2018
Yes, because Tesla invented everything.
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Level 81
Apr 10, 2020
He invented inventing, didn't you know?
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Level 65
Jul 7, 2017
Should be "Communist Manifesto Co-Author".
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Level 77
Jul 11, 2019
I know it's clearly stated above but I must also say that I absolutely adore that 'moops' is accepted not only in this quiz but whenever it seems to come up here on Jetpunk. It's the little things.
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Level 72
Aug 25, 2019
Now that they're not officially called "Mormons" anymore, perhaps the clue should be rewritten to read "Common name for the religious movement founded by Joseph Smith"
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Level 89
Apr 10, 2020
They're still called Mormons in various places.
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Level 82
Apr 10, 2020
I just took a quiz today that called the movement Mormonism. Thus, it's still called that. Though more accurate would be to call it Smithism, as Mormon is a fictional character. So it's also accurate to say they are called Smithians. As I just called them that.
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Level 73
Apr 10, 2020
Only 49% know the author of the US Bill of Rights? Does that mean half the people taking this quiz are non-Murkins?
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Level 44
Apr 10, 2020
Or, and you know, this is my problem, there are variations on the spelling of Maddison. Apparently this one is Madison, and it doesn't accept any other spelling. This may be logical for Murkins, but not for people who are from the normal part of the world.
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Level 57
Dec 3, 2020
The mans name is literally Madison. It seems you are being stubborn and rude for absolutely no reason
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Level 44
Apr 10, 2020
Could it be possible to accept spelling variations of Madison? For example, Maddison? Because that's quite a common spelling of the name.
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Level 61
Apr 15, 2020
interesting. i've never seen it spelled "maddison". if i may ask, common where?
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Level 45
May 13, 2020
A lot of the comments are saying that the questions need to be more specific...the quiz is about things that start with M! Which author of the Communist Manifesto had a name with M? The "official" (but still less common) name for Mormons does not start with M. Calm down, people.
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Level 31
Jul 4, 2020
17/20 not bad, i knew i knew magna carta and the moors but my brain just couldnt get past thinking of the doomsday book and the umayyid calipahte, even tho neither start with M, and ive not even heard of the bill of rights
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Level 61
Aug 20, 2021
Catch me wondering why 'Macaroni' wasn't being accepted...
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Level 64
Aug 29, 2021
TESLA invented radio.
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Level 67
Aug 29, 2021
Just forgot Marconi
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Level 54
Apr 27, 2022
I would not call Moscow as part of Napoleon's "conquests". He did occupy the city but then endured a disastrous retreat.
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Level 17
Apr 28, 2022
I was so stuck until I re-read the title and saw the M.

And I'm literally from Manchester and didn't get it! I know we have a heavy industrial past but didn't know we were the first!

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Level 67
May 11, 2023
I tried Macaroni for the Italian inventor of the radio. So close.
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Level 60
Jun 1, 2023
16/20 i got