The Ultimate Christopher Columbus Quiz

What year was he born?

Where was he likely born?

Who did Columbus marry?

What road was closed for Christians after the Ottomans conquered Constantinople in 1473?

What King of Portugal rejected to fund Columbus' voyage?

What year did he leave for his first voyage?

Where in Spain did Columbus depart from?

How many weeks did it take to reach the Americas?

What modern day island country did Columbus arrive in mid-October?

What name did he give the island he landed on?

What did Columbus call the inhabitants of the lands?

What modern day country did he explore next?

Who went on an unauthorised expedition to find a island called "Babeque" or "Baneque" which the natives had told him was rich in gold?

Where did Columbus go next?

What settlement did he found in modern day Haiti?

What natives were the only to give them resistance during the first voyage?

After returning to Europe, he went to the port of Lisbon to meet the Portuguese monarch, what treaty did he say the voyage violated?

What year was the first document published of the discovery of the continent?

What was the name of the boy was one of the ten natives taken on the voyage was adopted by Columbus, who was aged between 13-15?

When did he set sail for his second voyage?

What was the first island Columbus reached on his second voyage to the Americas?

What did he name the next island he visited on the voyage, which would be later named Puerto Rico?

After returning to his Spanish settlement and finding it in ruins, what other settlement did he establish, which was short-lived and two-thirds of the Spanish died by disease and famine?

What was name of Columbus' only native ally, who helped Columbus defend from other natives?

What was the name of the merchant, who was sent by the Spanish crown to supply the colony but died later?

When did he leave for his third voyage?

What was the first island did they first sight on their third voyage?

What modern-day country did Columbus then visit, this was the first recorded landing of Europeans on the mainland of South America?

Who did the sovereigns send to investigate allegations of brutality by Columbus, arresting him an sent him back to Spain?

How long was Columbus put in jairl for?

When did his fourth voyage depart?

What was the first island his crew visited?

How many ships were lost to a hurricane including the Governor's because they didn't listen to Columbus' advice?

What modern-day country did he visit on mainland continental North America?

How long were he and his crew stranded in Jamaica?

When did he return to Spain?

When did Columbus die?

Where did Columbus die?