| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| State religion of the Ottoman Empire | Islam | 100%
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| Modern name of the above (hint: They Might Be Giants) | Istanbul | 100%
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| Ruler under whom the empire reached its peak | Suleiman the Magnificent | 100%
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| Ethnic group which founded and ruled the Ottoman Empire | Turks | 100%
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| Year the Ottoman Empire was dissolved | 1922 | 83%
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| Peninsula in West Asia where the Ottoman Empire was formed | Anatolia | 83%
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| Major empire in southeastern Europe which famously fell to the Ottoman Empire | Byzantine Empire | 83%
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| Third major capital of the empire, captured in 1453 | Constantinople | 83%
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| Major North African country taken over by the empire in 1517 | Egypt | 83%
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| Founder and first president of the above following Ottoman collapse | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | 83%
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| Tribal leader who founded the Ottoman Empire as its first ruler | Osman I | 83%
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| Title of Ottoman rulers | Sultan | 83%
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| Branch of the above followed | Sunni | 83%
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| Modern-day nation founded by the above which succeeded the Ottoman Empire | Türkiye | 83%
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| City which the Ottoman Empire failed to capture in 1683, beginning its slow decline | Vienna | 83%
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| Ethnic group the empire led a brutal genocide against from 1915 until its collapse | Armenians | 67%
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| Other three major members of the above alliance | Austro-Hungarian Empire | 67%
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| Bulgaria | 67%
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| Alliance Ottoman Empire was a part of in the above | Central Powers | 67%
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| German Empire | 67%
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| Major trade route throughout Asia which connected the Ottoman Empire to countries such as China | Silk Road | 67%
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| Major global conflict which the Ottoman Empire joined in the early 20th century | WWI | 67%
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| Year Ottoman Empire was formed | 1299 | 50%
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| Second major capital of the empire from 1365-1453 | Edirne | 50%
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| Ruler who conquered that city | Mehmed II | 50%
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| Dynasty which paved the way for the Ottoman Empire | Seljuq Dynasty | 50%
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| The Ottoman Empire was often referred to as “the ____ ___ of Europe” | Sick Man | 50%
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| Elite standing infantry of Christian troops which served as one of the first modern standing armies | Janissaries | 33%
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| Country which defeated the Ottomans in 1878, sparking further territorial loss | Russian Empire | 33%
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| The first inoculations for this major disease came out of the Ottoman Empire | Smallpox | 33%
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| Major British industrial invention thought of over 300 years earlier by polymath Taqi al-Din | Steam turbine | 33%
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| Type of government which followed and stayed in place for less than two years | Constitutional Monarchy | 17%
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| Event which unfolded on May 30, 1876 within the empire | Coup d’etat | 17%
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| Instruments commonly used in this practice were pioneered in the Ottoman Empire | Surgery | 17%
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| Period of reorganization and modernization in the 19th century | Tanzimat Reforms | 17%
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| Treaty following the above which restructured the Balkans | Treaty of Berlin | 17%
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| The first mechanical version of this household object was also invented by Taqi al-Din in 1556 | Alarm clock | 0%
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| First major capital of the empire from 1326-1365 | Busra | 0%
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