| Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | 1206 | Khan who founded the Mongol Empire | Genghis | 96%
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| C | 1209 | City where England's second oldest university was founded | Cambridge | 95%
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| O | 1299 | Empire established by Osman I | Ottoman Empire | 93%
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| M | 1215 | Agreement signed by King John of England which restricted royal power | {Magna} {Carta} | 88%
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| P | 1271 | Venetian merchant who embarked on a journey to China | Marco Polo | 87%
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| N | 1204 | Region (then controlled by the King of England) which was recaptured by France | Normandy | 87%
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| B | 1258 | City in the Middle East sacked by the Mongols | Baghdad | 85%
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| J | 1290 | Group of people who were expelled from England | Jews | 84%
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| H | 1241 | Country where the Mongols defeated a Christian army at the Battle of Mohi | Hungary | 83%
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| Z | 1200s | Metal which was isolated for the first time, in India | Zinc | 82%
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| F | 1202 | Italian mathematician whose "Liber Abaci" mentions the sequence beginning 1, 1, 2, 3, 5 | Fibonacci | 80%
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| K | 1271 | Khan who established the Yuan dynasty after conquering China | Kublai | 80%
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| E | 1250 | Country where the Mamluk Sultanate came to power | Egypt | 75%
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| Q | 1215 | Writing device used to write M | Quill | 75%
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| D | 1200s | Title of the leader of Venice | Doge | 74%
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| X | 1234 | Chinese city, then known as Chang'an, which was conquered by the Mongols | Xi'an | 71%
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| I | 1200s | Name of two different popes who reigned in this century | Innocent | 69%
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| A | 1274 | Priest who wrote "Summa Theologica", unfinished at the time of his death | Thomas {Aquinas} | 69%
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| U | 1200s | Largest city in the Netherlands during this period | Utrecht | 68%
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| S | 1248 | Islamic city which was captured by the Kingdom of Castile as part of the Reconquista | Seville | 67%
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| W | 1200s | England's main export during this century | Wool | 64%
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| Y | 1200s | Preferred wood used to make English longbows | Yew | 58%
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| T | 1226 | Crusader knights who established their own country on the Baltic Sea | {Teutonic} Order | 55%
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| V | 1215 | Material (made of animal skin) on which M was written | Vellum | 31%
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| L | 1204–1261 | Term for the Byzantine Empire when it was ruled by Crusaders from Western Europe | {Latin} Empire | 30%
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| R | 1207–1273 | Probably history's most well-known Persian poet | Rumi | 22%
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