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Quiz about From Century to Century

From Century to Century Trivia Quiz


Follow me from the 12th century to the 21st century as we meet persons who made their mark on each age in one way or the other.

A multiple-choice quiz by Verne47. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Verne47
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
379,487
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
Plays
742
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 50 (6/10), daveguth (10/10), Guest 110 (8/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. I was King of England in the 12th century. I occupied Sicily then conquered Cyprus. I was a great king and crusader. Who am I? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. I was the founder and great leader of the Mongol Empire. My military campaigns were brutal. (Remember: "If you had not committed great sins God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you".) Who am I? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In 1346 I invaded France with my army of 10,000 men who were skilled in the use of the longbow, and the Hundred Years' War began. Who am I? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. You are in the 15th century Germany and the news on the road is that the mechanical moving printing press has been invented. You meet the inventor who asks: 'Who am I?" Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. I nailed my Ninety-five Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg and ignited The Reformation in Europe. I am ___. (Full name)

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname )
Question 6 of 10
6. I am from 17th century England and you know me well as I'm very famous. What you may or may not remember about me is that I built the first practical reflecting telescope and I also formulated an empirical law of cooling. Who am I? (Oh! That apple again) Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Memoirs from the 18th century: I wrote the book 'The Wealth of Nations' and I'm lauded as the father of modern economics. Who am I? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Dubbed the father of microbiology, I contributed greatly to the development of vaccine, food safety and the germ theory of disease. Who am I? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. I am one of the greatest pacifists to have ever graced Planet Earth. I led my people to independence and was the inspiration for civil rights and freedom movements across the world in the twentieth century. I practised non-violence and truth. Who am I? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Hi folks! I'm a theoretical physicist and cosmologist of the 21st century and I was the first to state that black holes emit radiations. Who am I? Hint





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1. I was King of England in the 12th century. I occupied Sicily then conquered Cyprus. I was a great king and crusader. Who am I?

Answer: Richard I

Richard I was also known as Richard the Lionheart. He reigned from September 1189 to April 1199. He gained fame as a military leader and warrior. Richard did not permit any women or Jews to be at his coronation. When some Jewish leaders turned up outside Westminster Abbey to present gifts to the king as their feudal lord they were beaten.

It was rumoured that Richard wanted to have all the Jews killed and this led to attacks being made on the Jews. Richard ordered that the Jews be left alone. In spite of his orders, about 130 Jews in York felt they had no alternative but to commit mass suicide the following March. Richard I occupied Sicily and conquered Cyprus.

He also went on a crusade to the Holy Land.
2. I was the founder and great leader of the Mongol Empire. My military campaigns were brutal. (Remember: "If you had not committed great sins God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you".) Who am I?

Answer: Ghengis Khan

Ghengis Khan became the sole ruler of the Mongol Plains in 1206. In 1214 he overran Beijing and ravaged the countryside. He gained much loot and information after which he went to the northern frontier passes. In 1219 his envoys were killed when he tried to trade on his western frontiers.

As a result he moved his armies westward and overran prosperous cities such as Bukhara and Samarkand. By 1223 Genghis Khan had invaded Persia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. He also invaded Russia. He died at the age of 65 when he fell off his horse while fighting in north-western China in 1227.
3. In 1346 I invaded France with my army of 10,000 men who were skilled in the use of the longbow, and the Hundred Years' War began. Who am I?

Answer: Edward III

Edward III was very successful and energetic during his early reign. He was responsible for initiating the hundred years war with France. He besieged the French town of Calais until it surrendered on August 3, 1347. However, the Black Death and his military campaigns led to bankruptcy and he had to wind down the war effort.

Despite his earlier successes Edward's later reign one political and military failure.
4. You are in the 15th century Germany and the news on the road is that the mechanical moving printing press has been invented. You meet the inventor who asks: 'Who am I?"

Answer: Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg invented the mechanical moving printing press which played a pivotal role in initiating the Printing Revolution. He had several occupations as he worked as a blacksmith, goldsmith, printer and publisher. The structure of society was altered as a result of the mass communication that the printing press gave rise to. Gutenberg was not wealthy in his lifetime but by his invention his mark was placed indelibly on the world.
5. I nailed my Ninety-five Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg and ignited The Reformation in Europe. I am ___. (Full name)

Answer: Martin Luther

Martin Luther was a German friar, priest, theologian and professor. As he studied the Bible he began to reject many of the doctrines of the Late Medieval Catholic Church. He strongly refuted their doctrine of salvation by works and taught that one's good deeds could not earn salvation since this is a free gift from God through faith in Christ.

He refuted the claim that freedom from punishment from sin could be bought with money. He also rejected the Pope's authority. Luther refused to retract his writings and as a result he was excommunicated by the Pope and outlawed by the emperor.

The resulting conflicts caused Christianity to split between the Catholic Church and those who rebelled. The rebels became known as Protestants. The hold that the Papacy had over the Western world was reduced and the power of the Papacy was shaken.

The world was changed spiritually as well as politically.
6. I am from 17th century England and you know me well as I'm very famous. What you may or may not remember about me is that I built the first practical reflecting telescope and I also formulated an empirical law of cooling. Who am I? (Oh! That apple again)

Answer: Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton was a physicist and mathematician. He was one of the world's greatest scientists. He is well known for his work in formulating the laws of motion and universal gravity ("Principia"). He is also known for his work in Newtonian mechanics, calculus, optics and binomial series.
7. Memoirs from the 18th century: I wrote the book 'The Wealth of Nations' and I'm lauded as the father of modern economics. Who am I?

Answer: Adam Smith

Adam Smith was born in Scotland. He was a political economist as well as a moral philosopher. According to Smith, self interest and competition can lead to economic prosperity. His writings evoked much controversy in his lifetime. However, the classical free market economic theory was founded by him. He was also a central figure in the Scottish Enlightenment.
8. Dubbed the father of microbiology, I contributed greatly to the development of vaccine, food safety and the germ theory of disease. Who am I?

Answer: Louis Pasteur

Pasteur was born in France on December 27, 1822. He was a chemist and microbiologist. Pasteur disproved the the concept that living organisms such as fleas could be produced from lifeless matter. He did experiments that showed that micro-organisms could not grow unless there was some form of contamination.

He was successful in developing the first vaccines for anthrax and rabies. However, his pasteurization technique which is used to treat milk and wine to prevent contamination by bacteria is what he is best known for.
9. I am one of the greatest pacifists to have ever graced Planet Earth. I led my people to independence and was the inspiration for civil rights and freedom movements across the world in the twentieth century. I practised non-violence and truth. Who am I?

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

Gandhi led the Indian Independence Movement which resulted in India's independence from Britain. He was often called Bapu by his people. He used non violent civil disobedience as a means of protest against discrimination and high land taxes. He led the Indians in the Dandi Salt March in 1930 to protest against taxes that the British were imposing on salt. Gandhi was imprisoned many times but he never deviated from his course of upholding non-violence and truth at all times and he encouraged his people to develop the same course of action.
10. Hi folks! I'm a theoretical physicist and cosmologist of the 21st century and I was the first to state that black holes emit radiations. Who am I?

Answer: Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking is well known for his book 'A Brief History of Time'. He is also known for the Penrose-Hawking Theorems and Hawking Radiation. He has received a great number of awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Hawking suffers from a form of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis that has gradually paralysed him.

However his work in General Relativity and Quantum Gravity has greatly influenced the twenty-first century.
Source: Author Verne47

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