| Letter | Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J | 1431 | French heroine, age 19, who was burned at the stake by English forces | Joan of Arc | 93%
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| O | 1453 | Empire which captured Constantinople | Ottoman Empire | 93%
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| L | 1490s | Artist who painted a fresco of the Last Supper | Leonardo | 92%
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| K | 1400s | Mongolian title used by many Central Asian rulers during this period | Khan | 90%
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| I | 1498 | Country which Vasco da Gama sailed to from Portugal | India | 88%
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| B | 1492 | The first country in the Americas visited by Christopher Columbus | Bahamas | 87%
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| P | 1439 | What Johannes Gutenberg invented | Printing press | 86%
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| V | 1400s | Wallachian prince known for impaling his enemies | Vlad the Impaler | 86%
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| F | 1406–20 | Palace in Beijing constructed by and estimated 1 million workers | {Forbidden} City | 85%
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| T | 1485 | Royal dynasty which came to power in England | Tudor | 85%
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| C | 1402 | Islands off the coast of Africa settled by Spain | Canary Islands | 83%
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| Y | 1400s | Modern-day country where coffee was consumed for the first time | Yemen | 83%
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| M | 1450s | Famous Incan site constructed as a royal retreat | Machu Picchu | 82%
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| R | 1485 | "Hunchbacked" English king killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field | Richard III | 80%
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| W | 1419 | The first "defenestration" of Prague occurs as seven council members are thrown out a ... | Window | 76%
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| N | 1421 | The capital of China is relocated from this city to Beijing | Nanjing | 73%
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| G | 1492 | The last Islamic city to be captured by Spain | Granada | 62%
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| H | 1400s | This predecessor to the piano is invented | Harpsichord | 60%
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| X | 1400s | Chinese city which was the Eastern terminus of the Silk Road | Xi'an | 60%
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| A | 1415 | Battle won by Henry V over the French | Agincourt | 58%
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| Q | 1400s | Crop known as "the mother of all grains" to the Incas | Quinoa | 55%
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| D | 1430 | Artist whose statue of David is the first known nude statue produced in Europe since antiquity | Donatello | 51%
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| S | 1400s | Golf is played for the first time at the "Old Course" in this Scottish town | St. Andrews | 37%
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| E | 1403–08 | Type of text commissioned by China's Yongle emperor – meant to summarize the entirety of Chinese literature and knowledge | Encyclopedia | 34%
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| U | 1405 | German city where a church was consecrated that would be the tallest building in the world when completed in 1890 | Ulm | 31%
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| Z | 1405–33 | Chinese eunuch who led a fleet of 300 ships on seven voyages across the Indian Ocean | {Zheng} He | 24%
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