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Question	Answer	% Correct
What was the capital of the Ottoman Empire?	Constantinople	99%
What was the main language of the Ottomans?	Turkish	89%
What was the title of the Ottoman ruler?	Sultan	83%
What Empire controlled that city before the Ottomans captured it in 1453?	Byzantine Empire	81%
What war marked the end of the Ottoman Empire?	WWI	75%
What group of people did the Ottomans commit genocide against?	Armenians, Assyrians, and Pontic Greeks	74%
Who founded modern Turkey after the collapse of the empire in 1922?	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	65%
What newfangled weapon did the Ottomans use to reduce the once-impregnable walls of that city?	Cannon	63%
What European capital did the Ottomans besiege, but fail to capture, in 1529 and 1683?	Vienna	63%
What train line connected the Ottoman Empire and Paris?	{Orient} Express	62%
What Wallachian prince fought a bloody resistance against the Ottomans, impaling thousands of their soldiers?	Vlad the Impaler	61%
What British adventurer helped command the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans?	T.E. Lawrence	54%
What peninsula did Australian and New Zealand troops fail to capture, suffering terrible casualties?	Gallipoli	52%
Who led the empire to a Golden Age during his 46-year reign in the 1500s?	Suleiman the {Magnificent}	52%
What person acted as a sort of Prime Minister for the Empire?	Grand {Vizier}	51%
What war did the Ottomans fight against Russia in the 1850s?	Crimean War	50%
What other title did Ottoman rulers take that signified leadership of the entire Islamic world?	Caliph	47%
What elite group of soldiers was initially composed of kidnapped Christian boys who were converted to Islam?	Janissaries	36%
What English poet died fighting for Greek independence from the Ottomans in 1824?	Lord Byron	34%
Who founded the Ottoman Empire in 1299?	Osman I	34%