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17th Century A-Z

For each letter of the alphabet, guess these answers related to the years 1601–1700.
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Year
Hint
Answer
A
1632–1653
City where the Taj Mahal was built
Agra
B
1604
King James commissioned a new English translation of the ...
Bible
C
1653
Man who was named Lord Protector of England
Oliver Cromwell
D
1605
Miguel de Cervantes novel published for the first time
Don Quixote
E
1603
Queen who died after a reign of 44 years
Elizabeth
F
1605
Plotter who was captured trying to blow up Parliament
with gunpowder
Guy Fawkes
G
1610
Scientist who discovered the moons of Jupiter
Galileo Galilei
H
1611
English explorer who died trying to find the Northwest Passage
Henry Hudson
I
1619
Modern-day country where the Dutch East India company
founded the city of Batavia
Indonesia
J
1655
Caribbean island which England seized from Spain
Jamaica
K
1609–19
Astronomer who formulated the laws of planetary motion
Johannes Kepler
L
1643
Man who started his 72-year reign as King of France
Louis XIV
M
1620
Ship which brought the Pilgrims to Massachusetts
The Mayflower
N
1687
Scientist who published his laws of motion and gravitation
Isaac Newton
O
1675
Building constructed in Greenwich
Royal Observatory
P
1682
City founded by William Penn
Philadelphia
Q
1644
Dynasty which came to power in China
Qing
R
1642
Dutch artist who painted "The Night Watch"
Rembrandt
S
1610
City founded by the Spanish – the oldest state capital in the U.S.
Santa Fe
T
1641
Idea of René Descartes: "I _____ therefore I am"
Think
U
1638
"Animal" whose horns actually came from narwhals,
as determined by Danish physician Ole Worm
Unicorn
V
1682
Palace which became the seat of royal power in France
Versailles
W
1692–93
Crime for which twenty people were executed in Massachusetts
Witchcraft
X
1630
Phobia expressed by Japan when it closed itself to
nearly all foreign contact
Xenophobia
Y
1642
Asian river which was deliberately flooded, killing 300,000 people
Yellow River
Z
1698
African spice-trading island which came under the control of the
Sultanate of Oman
Zanzibar
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18 Comments
+6
Level 80
Feb 22, 2018
Ah, I didn't realize the J clue mentioned the Caribbean, I was dumbfounded as to what island Spain had in the world.
+2
Level 73
May 26, 2018
Yeah my brain somehow completely ignored the "Caribbean". Was going through the Canary islands basically, thinking that none of them that I can remember start with a J... :D
+4
Level 73
Feb 23, 2018
Damn I'd have gotten Kepler too, if I hadn't written it with a double p. Still 23/26 is not that bad.
+2
Level 50
Feb 23, 2018
...didn't you already use Qing?
+5
Level 63
Mar 5, 2018
Ugh, noooo. Apparently Mister K. doesn't have a second P in his last name.
+3
Level 89
May 24, 2018
Yeah, I learned that the hard way, too. I think Keppler should be an alternate spelling. It strikes me as more common in German to double the "P."
+2
Level 76
Jul 11, 2019
both keppler and kepler are acceptable ( not in this quiz though)
+1
Level 79
May 24, 2018
xenophobia. :D ... X is hard
+1
Level 89
May 24, 2018
Was at the Y question before I realized the answers were in alphabetical order.
+3
Level 63
May 24, 2018
How about Battle of Vienna in 1683? One of the most important battles in European history?
+1
Level 65
May 26, 2018
Woohooo got em all with 2 seconds left!!!
+7
Level 95
Jul 23, 2018
The sultan of Oman lives in Zanzibar now.
+7
Level 62
Dec 15, 2020
that's just where he lives.
+2
Level 82
Jun 4, 2021
Ole Worm is a buzz kill.
+2
Level 58
Jun 12, 2021
Ugh. I spelled it Keppler and gave up when it didn't accept the answer.
+1
Level 93
Nov 5, 2022
Got everything but for some reason it took a while for me to get the answer for O.
+4
Level 91
Nov 5, 2022
Nice quiz. I was curious about the story behind the Y clue, and it turns out there is a short Wikipedia article on the topic. Another new fact learned, thanks to Wikipedia and Jetpunk :)
+1
Level 87
Jan 31, 2026
Easy, 100%.