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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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Last updated: February 22, 2018
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First submittedFebruary 1, 2018
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Year
Hint
Answer
A
1541
Francisco de Orellana encounters and explores this river
Amazon River
B
1500s
Queen Mary of England gains this pejorative nickname
Bloody Mary
C
1533
This Incan capital is captured by Francisco Pizarro
Cusco
D
1504
Michelangelo finishes this sculpture
David
E
1529-43
Islamic armies from Somalia try to conquer this neighboring
Christian empire
Ethiopian Empire
F
1501
By the beginning of the century, this "ism" of serfs and lords
has almost entirely died out in England
Feudalism
G
1582
The pope introduces this calendar which is still used today
Gregorian Calendar
H
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus proposes this model of the solar system
Heliocentrism
I
1547
This fearsome monarch becomes the first tsar of all Russia
Ivan the Terrible
J
1517
This holy city falls to the Ottoman empire
Jerusalem
K
1586
The Mughal empire annexes this region on the India/Pakistan border
Kashmir
L
1517
This German monk posts his 95 Theses
Martin Luther
M
1519-22
This explorer leads the first circumnavigation of the globe,
though he would die along the way
Ferdinand Magellan
N
1555
This French apothecary and seer publishes "Les Propheties"
Nostradamus
O
1598
This type of musical performance occurs for the first time, in Florence
Opera
P
1553
This country founds a colony in Macau that would last 446 years
Portugal
Q
1534
Jacques Cartier claims this territory for France
Quebec
R
1509-1511
This painter paints "The School of Athens"
Raphael
S
1564
This playwright is born in Stratford-upon-Avon
William Shakespeare
T
1521
Hernán Cortés captures this Aztec capital
Tenochtitlan
U
1516
Thomas More publishes this book in which he describes an ideal society
Utopia
V
1530
This musical instrument is invented in Italy
Violin
W
1515
This cardinal is appointed Lord Chancellor of England
Thomas Wolsey
X
1540
This Jesuit missionary is sent to Asia
St. Francis Xavier
Y
1562
Sacred Mayan texts are burned by Diego de Landa,
bishop of this peninsula
Yucatán
Z
1551-1558
Conrad Gesner publishes "Historiae animalium" which is
considered the beginning of modern ...
Zoology
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42 Comments
sumguy
+25
Level 85
Feb 22, 2018
Shakespeare was born in 15645? Future English is so old-timey!
interopia
+12
Level 85
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
+42
Level 85
Feb 22, 2018
Thanks. My bad.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Feb 22, 2018
Fixed.
jkabq
+2
Level 63
May 14, 2018
truly sad.
roleybob
+7
Level 75
Jul 27, 2018
Thank god you cleared that one up for us
mrputter
+1
Level 83
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 71
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 74
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
+6
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 81
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 88
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 69
May 14, 2018
I was nowhere near spelling it right beyond the first five letters but QM is thankfully lenient! :)
ander217
+1
Level 74
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 74
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!
Djilas
+1
Level 83
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 76
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 95
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 90
Jan 12, 2020
It helps you learn English. Saying Magalhães to an English speaker in person or the internet is pointless.
howard38
+3
Level 61
May 14, 2018
Please accept Cornelius McGillicutty for Shakespeare. Thank you.
AlejandroAP
+1
Level 81
Mar 17, 2018
Great quiz. Loved it
skukka
+1
Level 59
Apr 26, 2018
Fantastic quiz!
Min34
+3
Level 61
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
+1
Level 74
May 14, 2018
I agree with hannina and Min34, please accept Magalhães for Magellan.
QuizFace
+1
Level 60
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 43
May 14, 2018
Shakespeare is dead, so we should be using the past tense. Please accept "Wouldiwas Shookspeared"
mikeyp
+2
Level 70
May 14, 2018
At first I didn't remember to use the letter guides on the side, but then I did.
prs17
+1
Level 75
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
+2
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 75
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
+2
Level 83
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.

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