home
Menu
Create
Random
0
0
0
thumbnail

The 9th and 10th Century

Can you guess these notable people, places, and things from the years 801–1000?
Quiz by
Gassu
Featured Quiz
Rate:
Last updated: September 6, 2018
You have not attempted this quiz yet.
More quiz info >>
First submittedJuly 18, 2018
Times taken37,533
Average score65.0%
Rating4.54
Quiz and answer stats >>
Friends stats >>
5:00
Enter your answer here:
0
 / 20 guessed
The quiz is paused. You have remaining.
Scoring
You scored / = %
This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%
The average score is
Your high score is
Your fastest time is
Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
Year
Description
Answer
996
This present-day country is named for the first time - as "Ostarrîchi"
Austria
982
Erik the Red settles on this island
Greenland
978
Construction begins on St. Mark's Basilica in this city
Venice
969
This African city is founded by the Fatimid general Jawhar
Cairo
961
The Byzantines reconquer this Mediterranean island
Crete
960
This "musical" Chinese dynasty is established
Song
958
This Danish king gains power... 1,039 years later, a wireless technology
would be named after him
Harald Bluetooth
944
This city becomes capital of the Khmer Empire
Angkor
878
This great Anglo-Saxon king defeats a heathen army at the Battle of Edington
Alfred the Great
874
Ingólfr Arnarson becomes the first person to settle on this island
(according to the sagas)
Iceland
850
The Abbasid Caliphate reaches its greatest extent with this city as its capital
Baghdad
845
This city on the Seine is sacked by the Vikings
Paris
843
Kenneth MacAlpin I becomes the first king of this country
Scotland
829
This national animal of Wales appears for the first time
Welsh Dragon
820
This branch of equation-solving mathematics is invented by
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
Algebra
814
This great Frankish ruler dies
Charlemagne
800s
This system, where vassals pay homage to lords, becomes
common in Western Europe
Feudalism
800s
This Mesoamerican society collapses. We're still trying to figure out why.
Classic Maya
800s
While looking for an elixir of immortality, Chinese alchemists invent this
mortality-causing substance
Gunpowder
800s
This number is "invented" in India
Zero
Save Your Stats
Your Next Quiz
Country Flags Quiz #1
Can you guess the countries that have these flags?
The 20th Century
Can you guess these notable people, places, and things from the 20th century?
The 16th Century
Can you guess these notable people, places, and things from the 16th century?
ALL Taylor Swift Songs as of April 2026
Taylor Swift has recorded 299 different songs. How many of them can you name?
40 Comments
brandybuck96
+3
Level 82
Aug 4, 2018
There's a typo in "basilica".
brandybuck96
+18
Level 82
Aug 4, 2018
Otherwise, very enjoyable quiz, I liked the international mix of questions (without it becoming too obscure).
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Aug 4, 2018
Fixed the misspelling
JackBeNimble
+6
Level 82
Aug 4, 2018
Really enjoyable quiz - good mix of questions.

Would it be possible to change "alchemists discover" to "alchemists create," or something similar, though? I spent ages trying as many toxic elements, minerals, etc. as I could remember, on the basis that it was a naturally occurring substance.

Sifhraven
+2
Level 76
Jan 17, 2021
Well it is a discovery when you mix some stuff together and realize it explodes.
mf3
+5
Level 90
Aug 4, 2018
OK, as long as you're fixing misspellings ... elixir! And I agree with the comment that the clue should read "invent this mortality-causing substance".
kapulani3
+6
Level 75
Aug 4, 2018
Have to agree with "invent". By "discover" I was trying to thinking of a drug that killed instead of prolonged life.
Anzi
+5
Level 68
Aug 5, 2018
Love the mix of questions. Makes me wonder what al gebra means :)
roleybob
+4
Level 73
Aug 6, 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_algebra#Etymology
IsleAuHaulte
+14
Level 92
Aug 16, 2018
Makes me wonder what go ogle means.
mikeyp
+21
Level 76
Sep 14, 2018
Move elsewhere to stare at in a lecherous or otherwise inappropriate manner.
cuotak
+2
Level 70
Sep 13, 2018
The "musical" Chinese dynasty rhymes with "zone" and "bone"
JackintheBox
+5
Level 82
Jan 16, 2021
Not really.
jonf
+13
Level 70
Sep 13, 2018
I kept thinking "king wifi?"
IsleAuHaulte
+30
Level 92
Sep 13, 2018
He displaced many peoples, quite the router.
pkerr116
+4
Level 71
Dec 17, 2018
it's so cool how the Danes could connect their smartphones so soon in history
mikeyp
+2
Level 76
Sep 14, 2018
This quiz could use maybe one more minute. I have some knowledge of this stuff, but the clues are long and the answers take a bit to remember.
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Jan 15, 2019
Added an extra minute
perfectbalance
+5
Level 62
Jan 15, 2021
Mortality causing is not the first thing you think of in the Chinese clue, you think of something poisonous. It's what the substance is used with that causes death. Either way, it's a confusing clue-I tried all sorts of toxins and still got nothing.
Sifhraven
+3
Level 76
Jan 17, 2021
I had no problem whatsoever
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Sep 25, 2025
Actually this time the "mortality-causing" phrasing threw me too. Eventually I had a lightbulb moment (more like a candle..) but yea was thinking of poisons first. My first answer was mercury since I have a faint memory of some emperors/people with power taking it, as some sort of elixer. I believe it was china. (also tried arsenic)
TheCrusher
+2
Level 70
Jul 7, 2023
Yeah, make it easier so we don't have to think or know stuff!
SamoNG
+2
Level 43
Sep 24, 2025
the thing is that obviously everybody knows that the gunpowder was invented by the Chinese.

But the question itself is misleading making you think of either a poison or some chemical element, instead of gunpowder.

It is like saying that steel is mortality causing, because when you make it into a sword it can chop your head off.

jmellor13
+1
Level 68
Sep 24, 2025
I agree 100%. I know very well that the Chinese invented gunpowder, but I tried about six different poisons and gave up. The wording is misleading, so I never even thought of gunpowder.

And to rebut Crusher's rather obnoxious comment, I think the most fun kind of trivia is the type where the clue directs you to an answer buried somewhere in your brain, but doesn't lead you right to it. So yes, figuring stuff out is more fun than "knowing" it.

E.g., "What's the capital of Malawi?" is way less fun than "What popular service chain was founded by Emanuel Rosenfeld, Maurice Strauss, and Graham Jackson in 1921?" The first question has nothing to puzzle out. You know it or you don't. The second one seems impossible at first, but if you think it through...founded in 1921, so probably serving early 20th-century consumer concerns...three founders...Emanuel, Maurice, and Jackson...that's Manny, Moe, and Jack. It's Pep Boys!

Those are the best questions. So yeah, give us more hints.

Photop
+5
Level 74
Jan 15, 2021
Harald Blåtand (in danish) doesn't work for Harald Bluetooth... Since the answer is the man and not the wireless technology, shouldn't his real name be accepted?
Stoggler
+1
Level 55
Sep 24, 2025
Well Blåtand wasn't his name either: modern Danish is different from the Old Norse of his day, it was something along the lines of Blátǫnn (and that's using a modernized convention for writing Old Norse): ultimately, the pronunciation has changed sufficiently in the intervening period.
Luns
+3
Level 68
Jan 15, 2021
Classic Maya to just disappear. They do that all the time, right?
dunkinggandalf2
+6
Level 72
Jan 15, 2021
GUNPOWDER DOESN'T KILL PEOPLE !!! :-D
alexandertorres1978
+3
Level 70
Jan 15, 2021
Let me guess, it's setting it alight that gets you
Nathaniel
+5
Level 77
Jan 15, 2021
Right, and tobacco doesn't cause cancer, it's the thoracic diaphragm which cause cancer, because it's the one who inhales the smoke...
alexandertorres1978
+1
Level 70
Jan 15, 2021
The "Song" dynasty! Very droll! I have to admit, I groaned...
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 74
Jan 15, 2021
*pheeeeeeeew* Finished with one second left. It was the question about St. Mark's basilica that I was stuck guessing on.
dug28
+3
Level 88
Jan 15, 2021
Tried wi-fi... didn't work. Eventually guessed bluetooth. Tried sing, sang, and sung. Never did guess song. Can't win 'em all.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Jan 16, 2021
Yay! got all of them!
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Sep 25, 2025
You can't! Didn't you read what dug said
Sifhraven
+3
Level 76
Jan 17, 2021
Jetpunk has me so conditioned to completely ignore Greenland. That when it is the answer they are looking for it is absent from my memory.

poor Greenland...

PHG1960
+1
Level 69
Jan 19, 2021
The sagas discuss Ingolfur "discovering" Iceland as well as the Heimskringla and other contemporary documents. In addition, Ingolfur home has been dug up by archeologists. The sagas and other sources also discuss prior visitors and inhabitants to Iceland--Irish monks on the SE coast, Portuguese fisherman. I don't the Sagas comment is true or necessary.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Jul 5, 2023
I've heard the Khmer Empire called Khmer of Angkor. It didn't click that Angkor might be a capital.
Baton793
+1
Level 57
Sep 24, 2025
I would have never expected Cairo to be this recent!
Eduuuu13
+1
Level 55
Sep 25, 2025
Huh u know here in Mexico they said that the mayans invented zero
Copyright H Brothers Inc, 2008–2026
Contact Us | Go To Top | View Mobile Site | Site Map