| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1066 - This Norman "bastard" defeats Harold II and establishes his rule over England | William | 90%
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| 1078 - This city is taken by the Seljuq Turks, who refuse to let Christian pilgrims in | Jerusalem | 71%
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| 1054 - Break of communion between the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox churches | Great Schism | 56%
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| 1013 - The short-lived Danish House is named after this Danish king called "the great" | Cnut | 44%
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| 1071 - This important battle is lost by the Byzantine Empire against the Seljuk Empire | Manzikert | 36%
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| 1036 - This Caliphate is desintegrated in 23 taifa kingdoms | Cordoba | 34%
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| ca. 1000 - This Viking explorer discovers Vinland | Leif Eriksson | 33%
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| 1095 - Pope Urban II proclaims the First Crusade at this concile | Clermont | 25%
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| 1085 - King Alfonso VI of Castile and León conquers this taifa kingdom | Toledo | 22%
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| 1073 - This Pope is elected who will be a great reformer | Gregory VII | 21%
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| 1077 - The Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV is forced to seek absolution at this Italian castle | Canossa | 19%
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| 1059 - Pope Nicholas II invests this Norman adventurer as duke of Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily | Robert Guiscard | 17%
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| 1014 - This battle sees the victory of the Irish forces of Brian Boru over the Vikings | Clontarf | 13%
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| 1098 - This abbey is founded which begins a great reform of the Benedictine Order | Citeaux | 7%
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| 1087 - This translator of the great masters of Arabic medicine dies at the Abbey of Monte Cassino | Constantinus Africanus | 1%
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