Question | Answer | % Correct |
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What was it that Queen Elizabeth I said she was married to? | Her country | 97%
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Who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling? | Michelangelo | 97%
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What was Martin Luther famous for? | Reformation | 97%
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Under which Ottoman ruler did the Empire reached its peak? | Suleiman I the Magnificent | 97%
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Williams Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" was published in 1597. How that tragedy ends? | They both die | 94%
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Capital of which empire was Tenochtitlan before was conquered by Spain? | Aztec | 91%
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Which explorer is known for defeating the Aztec Empire and taking Mexico in the name of Spain in 1521? | Hernan Cortes | 89%
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Where was Ferdinand Magellan killed in a battle in 1521? | Philippines | 89%
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Which pope introduced his calendar in 1582 that is being used to present day? | Gregory XIII | 83%
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Who proclaimed the Sun the center of the Solar system in 1512? | Nicolaus Copernicus | 83%
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Who was the first Queen of England to be executed in 1536? | Anne Boleyn | 80%
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What was Gerardus Mercator famous for? | Carthography | 80%
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Who conquered the Inca Empire in 1532? | Francisco Pizarro | 80%
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Astrologer, physician and reputed seer Nostradamus was born in 1503. Where was he from? | France | 69%
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Who wrote "Utopia" and published it in 1516? | Thomas More | 66%
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What was the capital of Inca Empire? | Cusco | 63%
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Who was the first Tsar of Russia? | Ivan the Terrible | 63%
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How long Queen Elizabeth I held the English throne? | 44 years | 60%
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Who was burned at the stake for heresy in Rome for believing that the universe is infinite and that other solar systems exist? | Giordano Bruno | 57%
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Who painted "La Gioconda?" | Leonardo da Vinci | 57%
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Which French explorer claimed Canada for France in 1536? | Jacques Cartier | 51%
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What form of fine art is the Elizabethan Era most famous for? | Theatre | 51%
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Who won the Battle of Mohács in 1526? | Ottoman Empire | 49%
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What colony was the first attempt by the English to establish a colony in the Americas in 1585? | Roanoke | 49%
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Which Portuguese navigator claimed Brazil for Portugal? | Pedro Álvares Cabral | 43%
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Who completed the first circumnavigation of the globe in a single expedition after its captain, Ferdinand Magellan, was killed? | Juan Sebastián Elcano | 31%
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