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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who were first settlers in Iceland in 830?	Vikings	89%
When did the Western Roman Empire collapse?	476	85%
From 1309 to 1376, seven successive popes resided in which French city?	Avignon	85%
In 622, the year one of the Islamic calendar. Where did Muhammad take his followers?	Medina	85%
What was the name of the Codification of Roman Law written in 529?	Justinian’s Code	81%
What empire was founded by Genghis Khan in 1206?	Mongol Empire	81%
The first written account of the Loch Ness monster was in 566. Where is that lake located?	Scotland	81%
What epic poem written in England around 1010 tells the story of a Scandinavian hero?	Beowulf	78%
Who did England fight in the Battle of Agincourt in 1413?	France	78%
In 1054, the Western (Roman Catholic) and Eastern Orthodox churches separated from each other. Where are the headquarters of Eastern Orthodox Church?	Constantinople	74%
Who fought in the Battle of Tours in the year 732?	Franks and Muslims	74%
Sir William Wallace died in 1305. He was a legendary Medieval knight of which nation?	Scotland	74%
What document did the King John sign in 1215 that said the people had rights and that the king was not above the law?	The Magna Carta	74%
Which French Duke conquered England in the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and became King of England?	William of Normandy	74%
Which great Frankish ruler, the first recognised emperor to rule from western Europe since the fall of the Western Roman Empire, died in 814?	Charles the Great	70%
Cnut the Great, who conquered England in 1016 was prince of which country?	Denmark	70%
In which present day country was Machu Picchu constructed in 1450s?	Peru	70%
Founded in 1088, which university was established as a center of study in law for students across Europe?	University of Bologna	70%
Where was construction of the Forbidden City completed in 1420?	Beijing	67%
How was Joan of Arc killed in 1431?	Burned alive at the stake	67%
What was originally Hagia Sophia when it was built in 537?	Byzantine Christian cathedral	67%
Who captured Valencia from the Moors in 1094 and is considered the national hero of Spain?	El Cid	67%
Who was the first European to land in North America around year 1001?	Leif Ericson	67%
In 800, on Christmas Day, Charles the Great was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor by which pope?	Leo III	67%
Which university in England was founded in 1096?	Oxford	67%
In 858, missionaries Cyril and Methodius invented the Cyrillic alphabet. Which of the nations do not use it today?	Romanians	67%
Which Norse explorer founded the first settlement in Greenland in 985?	Erik the Red	63%
What was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty?	Ming	63%
What Germanic empire was formed under Otto I in 962?	The Holy Roman Empire	63%
In which city was the famous St Mark's Basilica on St Mark's Square rebuilt in 1063?	Venice	63%
What king of Wessex defeated the Danes and established a treaty with them in 886?	Alfred the Great	59%
Which city was the historic capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th century until the 16th-century Spanish conquest?	Cusco	59%
In 841, Vikings built a settlement on the south bank of the River Liffey, which it will eventually become which city?	Dublin	59%
The Knights Templars were founded in 1119. Where were their headquarters?	Jerusalem	59%
Who was the first King of Hungary, crowned on 25 December 1000?	Saint Stephen I	59%
In which region of Italy the construction of the Leaning Tower of Pisa started in 1173?	Tuscany	59%
Which city was established by Clovis as the capital of the Kingdom of the Franks in 508?	Paris	56%
Which Viking became the first ruler of Normandy in 918?	Rollo	56%
According to the legend William Tell is a 14th century folk hero from which country?	Switzerland	56%
What Native American civilization began in present-day Southern United States in years around 1000?	Mississippi Culture	48%
Who was Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancelor of England, who was murdered in 1170 and later canonized as a martyr?	Thomas Becket	48%
In which part of Paris the construction of medieval Catholic cathedral Notre-Dame began in 1163?	Ile de la Cite	44%
In 1415, who was burned at the stake for heresy against the doctrines of the Catholic Church?	Jan Hus	44%
Who is the author of the Decameron, the book that has a number of stories and describes life in 14th century Italy?	Giovanni Boccaccio	41%
Who did the Ottoman Empire fight in the Battle of Kosovo in 1389?	Serbs	41%
Who did Charles the Great and Carloman succeed as Kings of the Franks in 768?	Pepin the Short	37%
Which ruler started the famous navigational school in Lisbon in 1419?	Prince Henry	30%
The Tower of London in England was founded in 1078. What is the name of its central tower?	White Tower	26%
The earliest initiative for the First Crusade began in 1095 when which Byzantine Emperor requested military support in conflict with the Seljuk-led Turks?	Alexios I Komnenos	11%
In which present country did the Battle of Maritsa, when the Serbs were defeated by the Ottomans, take place in 1371?	Greece	11%