Statistics for The 11th and 12th Century
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| Year | Description | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1163 | Construction begins on this famous Paris cathedral | Notre Dame | 98%
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| 1156 | The Kremlin is constructed in this city. At first, it is merely a wooden wall. | Moscow | 98%
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| 1096 | First evidence of teaching at this university, England's oldest | Oxford | 98%
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| 1192 | Shoguns replace emperors as the de-facto leaders of this country | Japan | 97%
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| 1189 | This "lionheart" king is crowned in England | Richard I | 96%
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| 1187 | This Chinese navigational device is first used in Europe | Compass | 96%
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| 1040 | This technology is invented in China, 400 years before Gutenberg | Movable type | 93%
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| 1099 | The First Crusade comes to an end with the capture of this city | Jerusalem | 92%
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| 1185 | This device for grinding grain is first used in Europe | Wind{mill} | 92%
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| 1001 | Leif Ericson establishes settlements in this modern-day country, which he called "Vinland" | Canada | 89%
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| 1170 | Thomas Becket, archbishop of this city, is murdered on orders from Henry II | Canterbury | 88%
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| 1016 | Cnut the Great, prince of this country, conquers England | Denmark | 86%
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| 1066 | This Norman ruler conquers England | William the Conqueror | 82%
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| Early 1100s | This famous temple complex is built in Cambodia | Angkor Wat | 81%
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| 1010 | This oldest surviving copy of this epic Old English poem is written | Beowulf | 74%
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| 1054 | The church of Rome permanently separates from the church of this city | Constantinople | 70%
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| 1104 | This European naval power starts using an assembly line process to mass produce ships | Venice | 63%
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| 1189–1192 | This Muslim leader resists the Third Crusade, earning the crusaders' respect | Saladin | 62%
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| 1054 | Astronomers in many parts of the world observe this type of astrological occurence, whose remnants today form the Crab Nebula | Supernova | 62%
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| 1086 | This book lists all the taxable property in England | Domesday Book | 58%
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