Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Sultan of Egypt and Syria, who conquered Jerusalem from the Crusaders and defeated them at the Battle of Hattin | Saladin | 75%
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Duchess of Aquitaine, who became Queen of France and Queen of England | Eleanor of Aquitaine | 72%
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Italian monk, who founded a monastic order named after him, regarded as the Saint of Italy and Animals | Francis of Assisi | 72%
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HRE Emperor, who campaigned in Italy and drowned during the 3. Crusade. The Nazi Invasion of the USSR was named after him | Frederick Barbarossa | 72%
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Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancelor of England, who was murdered in 1170 and later canonized as a martyr | Thomas Becket | 72%
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English King, who participated in the 3. Crusade and campaigned against France | Richard Lionheart | 70%
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Pope, who initiated the 4. Crusade as well as the Crusades against Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars | Innocent III | 47%
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HRE Emperor from the Staufen dynasty, who also became King of Sicily | Henry VI | 44%
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King of Jerusalem, who suffered from Leprosy, tried to secure the Kingdom from the Egyptian Thread | Baldwin IV | 37%
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Abbess, polymath, mystic and oldest known musical composer of Europe | Hildegard of Bingen | 26%
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Sephardic Jewish philosopher, who lived in Spain and North Africa, who greatly influenced Jewish and Islamic Philosophy and Science | Maimonides | 26%
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Islamic Andalusian philosopher, also known as "The Commentator" or Ibn Rushd, who interpreted and commentated the works of Aristotle | Averroes | 21%
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Leader of the 1. Crusade, who became first King of Jerusalem | Godfrey of Bouillon | 18%
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Cistercian abbot, mystic and preacher in favor of the Crusades, helped spread his Monastic Order | Bernard of Clairvaux | 16%
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Khmer Emperor, who build Angkor Wat | Suryavarman II | 5%
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