15th Century A-Z

For each letter of the alphabet, guess these answers related to the years 1401-1500.

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	Year	Hint	Answer
A	1415	Henry V wins this famous battle over the French	Agincourt
B	1492	Christopher Columbus makes landfall in this North American country	Bahamas
C	1402	Spain settles these islands off the coast of Africa	Canary Islands
D	1430	This artist's "David" is the first known nude statue produced in Europe since antiquity	Donatello
E	1403-08	China's Yongle emperor commissions this type of text - meant to summarize the entirety of Chinese literature and knowledge	Encyclopedia
F	1406-20	One million workers are employed to build this palace in Beijing	Forbidden City
G	1492	This last Islamic city in Spain is captured	Granada
H	1400s	This predecessor to the piano is invented	Harpsichord
I	1498	Vasco da Gama sails from Portugal to this country	India
J	1431	This French heroine, age 19, is burned at the stake by English forces	Joan of Arc
K	1400s	Many rulers in Central Asia use this Mongol title	Khan
L	1490s	This artist paints his famous fresco "The Last Supper"	Leonardo
M	1450s	This famous Incan site is constructed	Machu Picchu
N	1421	The capital of China is relocated from this city to Beijing	Nanjing
O	1453	This empire captures Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire	Ottoman Empire
P	1439	Johannes Gutenberg invents this	Printing Press
Q	1400s	This crop is known as "the mother of all grains" to the Incas	Quinoa
R	1485	This "hunchbacked" English king is killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field	Richard III
S	1400s	Golf is played for the first time at the "Old Course" in this Scottish town	St. Andrews
T	1485	This royal dynasty comes to power in England	Tudor
U	1405	A church in this German city is consecrated. When completed in 1890 it would be the tallest building in the world	Ulm
V	1400s	This Wallachian prince gains his nickname by impaling his enemies	Vlad the Impaler
W	1419	The first "defenestration" of Prague occurs as seven council members are thrown out a ...	Window
X	1400s	This Chinese city marks the Eastern terminus of the Silk Road	Xi'an
Y	1400s	Coffee is consumed for the first time - in this modern-day country	Yemen
Z	1405-33	This Chinese eunuch leads a fleet of 300 ships on seven voyages across the Indian Ocean	Zheng He

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Level ∞

Feb 23, 2018

The scale of Chinese civilization during this period was incredible. One million people were employed building the Forbidden City. That's nearly half the entire population of England during the same period.

The Yongle encyclopedia was 370 million Chinese characters. That's over five times the size of Encyclopædia Britannica. Sadly, most of it has been lost.

Level 82

Feb 24, 2018

Shouldn't the Spanish city be Granada, not Grenada?

Level ∞

Feb 24, 2018

Fixed

Level 86

Feb 26, 2018

I would have done so much better on this quiz if I had realized the first letter of each answer was given. I blame Monday morning.

Level 69

Jul 28, 2018

did exactly the same thing. i blame 3 glasses of wine.

Level 85

Feb 28, 2022

Perhaps I should try three glasses of wine on Monday morning and see how I do.

Level 75

Feb 26, 2018

I misread the O question as "which emperor", not "which empire", which led to several seconds of trying to figure out how "Mehmed" could possibly begin with an O. Like Qikiq, I blame Monday morning.

Level 69

Mar 12, 2018

Love the mix of histories in this quiz. Enlightening

Level 77

Mar 29, 2018

The extent of my knowledge of ancient Chinese people, places, and dynasties comes from my extensive playing of Dynasty Warriors on the PS2.

Level 86

Jul 23, 2018

Just guess Lu Bu for every China question. He beats everybody.

Level 51

Jul 9, 2018

I don't know for sure, but did Gabal Tariq (a city in the country of Granada) get captured after Granada (the city)?

Level 51

Jul 9, 2018

oops, it's Jabal Tariq

Level 59

Jul 23, 2018

Just letting you know the description says 1501 - 1600 instead of 1401 - 1500.

Level ∞

Jul 23, 2018

Fixed

Level 16

Jul 23, 2018

since when was michelangelo's david by donatello

Level 60

Jul 23, 2018

There's multiple different Davids.

Level 77

Jul 23, 2018

This is Donatello's David, and this is Michelangelo's David from approximately 60 years later.

Level 83

Dec 7, 2021

Donatello’s David can keep his hat on :)

Level 58

Jul 23, 2018

Gutenburg did....not...invent....that thing

Level 65

Jul 24, 2018

Please accept Azincourt too for Agincourt! As far as I know it's used more commonly

Level 67

Aug 13, 2019

+1 I tried azincourt, didnt work, I looked on internet if I spelled it wrong, I got all azincourt back and that the city is called azincourt ( and I have the google settings on english, not my own language, because the international searchresults usually fits better with what I am looking for than the local one). So I discounted it. Guess I can't trust the internet anymore ;)

Level 76

Aug 3, 2018

The Ulm Minster was never the World's tallest building, that was the Eiffel Tower at the time. It was and still is the tallest church tower, though.

Level 74

Dec 3, 2021

The Eiffel Tower is not a building.

Level 58

Mar 31, 2022

I dont think the eiffel tower was around in the 15th century

Level 79

Feb 17, 2021

I didn't get L because I thought it was looking for the painter's last name!

Level 56

Feb 12, 2022

I misspelt Donatello and Granada and it didn't give me it :(

Level 62

Jun 6, 2022

Azincourt should really be accepted. Agincourt is the historic English name, but the name Azincourt is used both back then and currently in French. Both spellings are used in different countries:

English: Battle of Agincourt

French: Bataille d'Azincourt

German: Schlacht von Azincourt

Spanish: Batalla de Azincourt

Portuguese: Batalha de Azincourt

Polish: Bitwa pod Azincourt

Finnish: Azincourtin taistelu

Level 66

Nov 5, 2022

Can you accept "Donnatello" please.

Level 72

Jan 20, 2023

"Agincourt" is just an english mispronunciation of the name "Azincourt". You already humiliated us back in 1415, please respect our language at least :'(

Level 67

Jan 23, 2024

For the E question, I have an A-Z quiz all about it. It's probably the most boring quiz anyone could make.

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