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The Ultimate Christopher Columbus Quiz - Statistics

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  • This quiz has been taken 6 times
  • The average score is 8 of 38
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Question Answer % Correct
What year was he born? 1451
83%
What year did he leave for his first voyage? 1492
83%
What modern day island country did Columbus arrive in mid-October? Bahamas
83%
How many weeks did it take to reach the Americas? 5
67%
What modern day country did he explore next? Cuba
67%
What did Columbus call the inhabitants of the lands? Indians
67%
Where was he likely born? Republic of Genoa
67%
What modern-day country did Columbus then visit, this was the first recorded landing of Europeans on the mainland of South America? Venezuela
50%
What year was the first document published of the discovery of the continent? 1493
33%
When did he set sail for his second voyage? 24 September 1493
33%
What name did he give the island he landed on? San Salvador
33%
What road was closed for Christians after the Ottomans conquered Constantinople in 1473? Silk Road
33%
When did he leave for his third voyage? 30 May 1498
17%
When did his fourth voyage depart? 9 May 1502
17%
Where did Columbus go next? Hispaniola
17%
What settlement did he found in modern day Haiti? La Navidad
17%
Where in Spain did Columbus depart from? Palos de la Frontera
17%
What did he name the next island he visited on the voyage, which would be later named Puerto Rico? San Juan Bautista
17%
What was the first island did they first sight on their third voyage? Trinidad
17%
How many ships were lost to a hurricane including the Governor's because they didn't listen to Columbus' advice? 20
0%
When did Columbus die? 20 May 1506
0%
When did he return to Spain? 28 June 1504
0%
What natives were the only to give them resistance during the first voyage? Ciguayos
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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? Diego
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What was the first island Columbus reached on his second voyage to the Americas? Dominica
0%
Who did Columbus marry? Felipa Perestrello e Moniz
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Who did the sovereigns send to investigate allegations of brutality by Columbus, arresting him an sent him back to Spain? Francisco de Bobadilla
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What was the name of the merchant, who was sent by the Spanish crown to supply the colony but died later? Gianotto Berardi
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What was name of Columbus' only native ally, who helped Columbus defend from other natives? Guacanagarix
0%
What modern-day country did he visit on mainland continental North America? Honduras
0%
What King of Portugal rejected to fund Columbus' voyage? John II
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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? La Isabela
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Who went on an unauthorised expedition to find a island called "Babeque" or "Baneque" which the natives had told him was rich in gold? Martín Alonso Pinzón
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What was the first island his crew visited? Martinique
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How long were he and his crew stranded in Jamaica? six months
0%
How long was Columbus put in jairl for? six weeks
0%
After returning to Europe, he went to the port of Lisbon to meet the Portuguese monarch, what treaty did he say the voyage violated? Treaty of Alcáçovas
0%
Where did Columbus die? Valladolid
0%
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