Statistics for Figures of the Middle Ages

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Hint			Answer	% Correct
Heroine who was burned at the stake (1412-1431)	1412-1431	France	Joan of Arc	96%
Mythical king of Briton, ruled from Camelot	?	England	Arthur	93%
Lion-Hearted king who travelled on the Third Crusade	1157-1199	England	Richard the Lion-Hearted	91%
Merchant who left Europe to "discover" Asia to write about it in a book	1254-1324	Italy	Marco Polo	86%
Ruthless king of nomadic raiders who established history's largest land empire	1162-1227	Mongolia	Genghis Khan	85%
Poet who wrote about the experiences of hell, purgatory and heaven	1265-1321	Italy	Dante	81%
Poet who wrote "The Canterbury Tales"	1343-1400	England	Chaucer	73%
Christian King of France who conquered France an invented feudalism	748-814	France	Charlemagne	70%
Norman King who conquered England	1028-1087	France/ England	William	68%
Arab merchant who founded one of the world's great religions	570-632	Arabia	Mohammed	65%
Pope, famous for his chants	540-604	Italy	Gregory the First	64%
Byzantine emperor who built a small empire and made new laws	482–565	Byzantium	Justinian	56%
King who expanded literacy among his people (849–899)	879-899	England	Alfred the Great	50%
Theologian, considered the Catholic Church's greatest scholar	1225-1274	Italy	Thomas Aquinas	35%
Nun who wrote liturgy for the church	1098–1179	Germany	Hildegard	16%