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Two Letter Roman Numerals

Can you list all the numbers that are two characters long when written as a Roman numeral?
Type either the digits of the number or the Roman numeral
Quiz by scambigol
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Last updated: January 6, 2019
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First submittedJanuary 6, 2019
Times taken27,091
Average score67.7%
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Roman
2
II
4
IV
6
VI
9
IX
11
XI
15
XV
20
XX
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Roman
40
XL
51
LI
55
LV
60
LX
90
XC
101
CI
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Roman
105
CV
110
CX
150
CL
200
CC
400
CD
501
DI
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Roman
505
DV
510
DX
550
DL
600
DC
900
CM
1001
MI
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Roman
1005
MV
1010
MX
1050
ML
1100
MC
1500
MD
2000
MM
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Level 74
Jan 6, 2019
Great fun.
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Level 77
Jun 12, 2022
Great quiz. Simple and enjoyable! Nominated.
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Level 86
Dec 24, 2022
Made me think a lot more than I expected to. Nice one!
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Level 90
Dec 25, 2022
I agree 100%. I had to rub my two brain cells together more vigorously than I thought I would.
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Level 65
Dec 24, 2022
Great quiz, a longer time limit would help.
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Level 89
Dec 25, 2022
Classicist here: Great quiz!

Now to nitpick: You may want to add a caveat that you are using standard notation numerals only. Roman numerals were used for a long time across a large area (by human historical-era standards, at least) and there was wide variation. Just like spelling can vary across times (think Chaucer vs now) or geography (color vs colour) what is "right" was based on local convention. While uncommon, the use of "IL" for 49 or "IC" for 99 and other subtractive nation have been recorded and would be understood in the Roman world. (ex. https://archive.org/details/publiclatin00kennrich/page/150/mode/2up) Similarly, there are cases of not using subtractive notation where expected, such as the Colosseum using LIIII for Gate 54. A note at the top of the quiz will hopefully stop other pedantic comments!

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Level 78
Jan 24, 2023
Invaluable bit of information, thank you.
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Level 71
Oct 5, 2023
How would they write eg. 49 if not IL?
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Level 66
Oct 17, 2023
XLIX

XL = 40 and IX = 9

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Level 76
Dec 29, 2022
Great fun :)
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Level 27
Jan 22, 2023
Actually Challenging and not just guessing randomly 10/10
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Level 35
May 30, 2023
X/X
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Level 73
Jan 22, 2023
Nice quiz. I got 21 answers before my time ran out.
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Level 73
Jan 22, 2023
Could use a bit more time on this one. Great idea though!
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Level 36
Jan 22, 2023
Excellent quiz! Good fun :D
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Level 67
Jan 23, 2023
No DD?
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Level 78
Jan 24, 2023
Different question, that one :)
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Level 53
Jan 29, 2023
DD = M. Same reason why there is no VV or LL.