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16th Century A-Z

For each letter of the alphabet, guess these answers related to the years 1501–1600.
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Etanna
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First submittedFebruary 1, 2018
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Year
Hint
Answer
A
1541
River explored by Francisco de Orellana
Amazon River
B
1500s
Insulting nickname which Queen Mary of England was known by
Bloody Mary
C
1533
Incan capital captured by Francisco Pizarro
Cusco
D
1504
Sculpture finished by Michelangelo
David
E
1529–43
Christian empire which Islamic armies from Somalia
tried to conquer
Ethiopian Empire
F
1500s
System of serfs and lords which had almost entirely died out
in England by the end of the century
Feudalism
G
1582
Calendar introduced by the pope which is still used today
Gregorian Calendar
H
1543
Model of the solary system proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus
Heliocentrism
I
1547
Fearsome monarch who became the first tsar of all Russia
Ivan the Terrible
J
1517
Holy city which fell to the Ottoman empire
Jerusalem
K
1586
Region on the India/Pakistan border which was annexed
by the Mughal Empire
Kashmir
L
1517
German monk who posted his 95 Theses
Martin Luther
M
1519–22
Explorer who led the first circumnavigation of the globe,
but died along the way
Ferdinand Magellan
N
1555
French apothecary and seer who published "Les Propheties"
Nostradamus
O
1598
Type of musical performance which occurred for the first time,
in Florence
Opera
P
1553
Country who founded a colony in Macau that would last 446 years
Portugal
Q
1534
Territory which Jacques Cartier claimed for France
Quebec
R
1509–11
Artist who painted "The School of Athens"
Raphael
S
1564
Playwright born in Stratford-upon-Avon
William Shakespeare
T
1521
Aztec capital captured by Hernán Cortés
Tenochtitlan
U
1516
Book published by Thomas More which describes an ideal society
Utopia
V
1530
Musical instrument which was invented in Italy
Violin
W
1515
Cardinal who was appointed Lord Chancellor of England
Thomas Wolsey
X
1540
Jesuit missionary who was sent to Asia
St. Francis Xavier
Y
1562
Peninsula where bishop Diego de Landa burned
ancient Mayan texts
Yucatán
Z
1551-58
Branch of science whose first modern text, "Historiae animalium",
was written by Conrad Gesner
Zoology
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45 Comments
sumguy
+26
Level 87
Feb 22, 2018
Shakespeare was born in 15645? Future English is so old-timey!
interopia
+14
Level 90
Feb 22, 2018
Actually I think it was a typo, because the year 15645 hasn't happened yet. We can't know what happens in the future.
sumguy
+45
Level 87
Feb 22, 2018
Thanks. My bad.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Feb 22, 2018
Fixed.
jkabq
+2
Level 67
May 14, 2018
truly sad.
roleybob
+8
Level 73
Jul 27, 2018
Thank god you cleared that one up for us
mrputter
+1
Level 89
Apr 5, 2023
Oh it has, but just on Qo'noS. After all, you've not experienced Shakespeare until you've read him in the original Klingon.
Etanna
+15
Level 73
Feb 22, 2018
At least it explains the whole "Shakespeare is timeless" thing that teachers always tell us :D

Anyway, thanks for pointing it out, sumguy, and thanks for refuting the hoax, interopia :D

JWC1202
+3
Level 76
Feb 28, 2018
To be or not to be...or to be in 13,000 years...that is the question...
Jerry928
+3
Level 76
Feb 22, 2018
Spelling: chancellor
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 22, 2018
Also fixed
buck1017
+9
Level 78
Feb 22, 2018
At least 3 minutes went by and I was struggling until I realized that the quiz was a friggin A-Z quiz. Jeez. Ended up only missing 2
ShayBealer
+2
Level 86
May 14, 2018
D'oh!. Your comment just clued me in to that very fact. Now I don't feel so bad for missing 5.
mf3
+6
Level 90
Feb 22, 2018
I can't believe 65% were able to spell Tenochtitlan right off the bat. It took me most of the allotted time to figure it out.
Carry
+1
Level 63
Mar 5, 2018
Helps if you watched a docu about it where they repeated the name about a million times and it will haunt you forever in the voice of the presenter.
Anzi
+3
Level 68
May 14, 2018
I was nowhere near spelling it right beyond the first five letters but QM is thankfully lenient! :)
ander217
+1
Level 73
May 14, 2018
I can never remember the Aztec and Incan capitals. I'm just thankful we weren't asked for the Mayan capital which I also wouldn't have known. I am terrible with capital cities, past or present. (But I loved the quiz.)
jimhawkins90
+2
Level 78
May 26, 2020
you're in luck since there was no mayan capital. their civilization was mostly city states.
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Sep 12, 2018
^ I still haven't gotten Tenoch.... right. Resolve to just skip it in the future, and accept fewer points. I've strained my brain enough remembering how to spell Kyrgyzstan!
Dontforget
+1
Level 76
Apr 15, 2026
I went to school with a girl named Xochitl, so Tenochtitlan always kind of clicked from that
Djilas
+1
Level 86
Feb 27, 2018
Ok now I have a whole new topic to explore, feudalism in England and what was going on there compared to continental Europe.
tshalla
+1
Level 78
May 14, 2018
Capital, volume 1: the chapters on primitive accumulation. There's a start, and also an indication that this has been a topic of interest for longer than 150 years.
iuvas
+3
Level 99
Mar 3, 2018
can you accept Raffaello for Raphael?
hannina
+5
Level 55
May 14, 2018
That would be nice. And Magalhães for Magellan, too.

Translating proper names makes these quizzes extra hard. Sometimes I remember the names in the original language in addition to my mother tongue, but the English version is often impossible to figure.

IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 92
Jan 12, 2020
It helps you learn English. Saying Magalhães to an English speaker in person or the internet is pointless.
howard38
+3
Level 62
May 14, 2018
Please accept Cornelius McGillicutty for Shakespeare. Thank you.
AlejandroAP
+1
Level 87
Mar 17, 2018
Great quiz. Loved it
skukka
+1
Level 58
Apr 26, 2018
Fantastic quiz!
Min34
+3
Level 64
May 14, 2018
Please accept Magalhaes as well for Magellan
ShnevorSomeone
+1
Level 61
May 14, 2018
perhaps there is too much time, I finished with upwards of 5 minutes left
Corrode
+1
Level 60
May 14, 2018
Forgot this was A-Z until I'd answered 25/26, woops
BatistaDamin
+2
Level 75
May 14, 2018
I agree with hannina and Min34, please accept Magalhães for Magellan.
QuizFace
+1
Level 61
May 14, 2018
The given part of the Copernicus answer should be centric, not centrism, based on the grammar of the hint.
ingriddurden
+1
Level 59
May 14, 2018
could you allow Franciscus Xaverius ? That is what is on our catholic calendars
DapperAlpaca
+4
Level 41
May 14, 2018
Shakespeare is dead, so we should be using the past tense. Please accept "Wouldiwas Shookspeared"
mikeyp
+2
Level 76
May 14, 2018
At first I didn't remember to use the letter guides on the side, but then I did.
prs17
+1
Level 73
Jul 9, 2018
I'm pretty sure "Cusco" is spelled "Chichen Itza"
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Sep 12, 2018
And I'm pretty sure that it's Cuzco. (At least that is how I was taught to spell it while going to school in South America).
Carry
+3
Level 63
Jan 21, 2020
I think you're confusing something. Cichen Itza was Mayan. Or are you trying to express, that you only remembered Cichen Itza and not Cusco?
Nathaniel
+1
Level 77
Jan 3, 2021
Great quiz! I love the questions! Would have nominated!
wielblad
+1
Level 66
Mar 28, 2021
Enjoyable easy quiz, if a bit English-focused.
mrputter
+3
Level 89
Apr 5, 2023
Wolsley? Wolesly? Wollesy? Walsey? Wols...

* time runs out *

Oh. Crap.

marjobro
+1
Level 66
Aug 23, 2023
Yea! Got them all.

Why do you think it's "a bit English-focused? Only Mary, Wolsey and Shakespeare....

Also, the quiz questions are written in English, so it's not unreasonable to expect the answers to be as well...just saying.

RuthlessCosmo
+1
Level 78
Mar 16, 2026
Luther likely did not nail the 95 Theses to the door of the church in Wittenberg; he may not even have "posted" them on the door of the church. We know that he sent them to the Bishop, but Luther himself never claimed he nailed (the story first told many years after 1517) or pasted them (the more likely alternative) to the door. https://www.history.com/articles/martin-luther-might-not-have-nailed-his-95-theses-to-the-church-door

Does this sound like much ado about nothing? Maybe, but merely raising the possibility that Luther didn't use a hammer to drive his 95 points home generates howls of outrage from those who were raised believing in this version of events. Watch how they react when they find out that

Berney
+1
Level 84
Mar 16, 2026
I believe the Ethiopian Empire is also known as the Abyssinian Empire.
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