Louis XIV Quiz - Statistics

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This quiz has been taken 57 times
The average score is 15 of 29

Answer Stats

	Hint	Answer	% Correct
Construction	Palace he constructed and reigned from	Palace of Versailles	90%
Personal details	Religion	French Catholicism	88%
Personal details	Father*	Louis XIII	87%
Reign	Name of his successor*	Louis XV	85%
Reign	Form of monarchy	Absolutism	75%
Territories	US state claimed and named for Louis XIV	Louisiana	75%
Reign	"L'État, c'est moi." translates to	"I am the {state}."	69%
Personal details	House	Bourbon	67%
Wars		Spanish Empire	67%
Construction	Palace, now a museum, he renovated	Palace of Louvre	65%
Territories	Major American river discovered	Mississippi	62%
Reign	Length of reign (in years)	72 years	58%
Personal details	Greek God he portrayed in his first performance	Apollo	58%
Wars		England	50%
Personal details	Mother*	Anne of Austria	48%
Reign	His chief minister	Cardinal Mazarin (1643–1661) Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1661–1683) The Marquis of Louvois (1683–1691)	48%
Personal details	This gave him this moniker	The Sun King / le Roi Soleil	48%
Territories	Major inland European region attained	Artois, Alsace, Franche-Comté, Flanders...	42%
Wars	Countries allied in the Grand Alliance against France (1688-1697)	Dutch Republic	40%
Reign	The successor's relationship to Louis XIV	Great-grandson	38%
Wars		Holy Roman Empire	37%
Patronage	Playwright (e.g. The Misanthrope)	Molière	33%
Personal details	Type of dance he excelled at	Ballet	31%
Construction	Retirement home for soldiers, now a military museum, he constructed	Hôtel des Invalides (House of Invalids)	25%
Patronage	Poet (e.g. Fables)	Jean de La Fontaine	21%
Patronage	Playwright (e.g. Andromaque, Phèdre)	Jean Racine	19%
Patronage	Composer (e.g. Le Bourgeois gentilhomme)	Jean-Baptiste Lully	17%
Wars	Name of the war they fought	Nine Years' War	13%
Wars		Scotland	12%