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Acid Reign Trivia Quiz

Mean monarchs, dastardly despots and the occasional good guy who did a bad thing.

A multiple-choice quiz by scrumpyT. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
scrumpyT

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
347,362

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
641

Last 3 plays: Guest 144 (9/10), Guest 1 (7/10), 1nn1 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Vlad the Impaler had no qualms about treating his enemies with the utmost brutality, and impalement was his preferred method of execution. Whilst it is extremely hard to be accurate, how many victims is he generally reputed to have had? Hint

500-1,000

40,000-100,000

3,000-4,000

12,000-16,000

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Question 2 of 10

2. King Richard III is known as one of the 'bad guys' among English monarchs. What was the crime he was alleged to have committed that got him that reputation? Hint

Insulting the Pope

Divorcing his wife and marrying her sister

Killing the 'Princes in the Tower' so that he could be king

Selling the Crown Jewels

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Question 3 of 10

3. The mere name of Attila the Hun (?-453) once spread fear and terror. He swept through Europe and much of the Roman Empire and is credited with having slaughtered thousands. Who or what was a Hun? Hint

A member of a nomadic Asiatic people that invaded the Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries AD

A Turkish warrior

A Hungarian

A member of an ancient Germanic tribe

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Question 4 of 10

4. Robespierre was a major force behind the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. He was instrumental in the death of thousands, including King Louis XVI who was executed without trial. How did Robespierre die? Hint

Guillotined without trial

Beaten to death by an angry mob

He committed suicide (by shooting)

He contracted dysentery

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Question 5 of 10

5. Ivan the Terrible was responsible for thousands of deaths, including that of his own son and heir, Ivan Ivanovich. During a confrontation he hit him on the head with his sceptre - Ivan Ivanovich died from this head wound several days later. What did they fight about? Hint

Ivan Senior had beaten Ivan Junior's wife, causing a miscarriage

Ivan Senior had stolen Ivan Junior's mistress

Ivan Junior wanted to marry a foreign girl

Ivan Senior was unhappy with news that Ivan Junior had delivered

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Question 6 of 10

6. Bloody Mary was a staunchly Catholic queen, notorious for zealously persecuting Protestants. She had nearly 300 Protestants executed - mostly by burning. Who was Bloody Mary? Hint

Mary Tudor, Queen of France

Mary II of England (Consort of King William III)

Mary Queen of Scots

Mary I of England

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Question 7 of 10

7. Caligula is known as probably the most cruel and perverse of the Roman Emperors and he managed this with only four years in power. What is he most notorious for - though probably inaccurately? Hint

Planning to make his horse a Consul

The murder of Julius Caesar

Fiddling (playing the violin) while Rome burned

His relationship with Cleopatra

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Question 8 of 10

8. Leopold II of Belgium believed foreign colonies were a sign of a great country. As the Belgian government and people didn't agree, he acquired a private colony, the Congo Free State, through his own commercial company, in 1885. Between 1885 and 1908 forced labour in the area (primarily in the rubber industry) shifted to systematic and routine abuse and it is generally accepted that 5-10 million people died. What happened in 1908? Hint

King Leopold II died

The Belgian parliament forced King Leopold to hand over the colony

Civil war took over the Congo Free State

The rubber market collapsed

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Question 9 of 10

9. Mao Zedong is a famous leader of China. Between 1958-1961 he established a programme that favoured industry over agriculture. This caused a famine that killed between 20 and 30 million people, which contributed to the well known 1966 Cultural Revolution. What was the name of that programme? Hint

Great Industrialisation Programme

Great Town Migration

Great Leap Forward

Great Escape

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Question 10 of 10

10. Queen Ranavalona I was queen of Madagascar between 1828-1861. She was tough and she was determined to fight off European powers. During her reign not only did the population of Madagascar drop by millions due to forced labour, military campaigns and harsh justice, but she also persecuted Christians resulting in the death of thousands. How did she die? Hint

Poisoned by her Chancellor

Peacefully in her sleep

Stabbed by a local Christian leader

Suffocated by her son and heir

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: 40,000-100,000

Whilst some sources mention 20,000 victims, it is widely accepted that the total was much higher. The broad range of 40-100,000 shows that accuracy is hard here. Incidentally this is around the same number of deaths estimated to have occurred from all the witchhunts in the whole of Europe over four centuries.

2. King Richard III is known as one of the 'bad guys' among English monarchs. What was the crime he was alleged to have committed that got him that reputation?

Answer: Killing the 'Princes in the Tower' so that he could be king

Whilst there are many who now believe Richard III to be innocent of killing the princes, it is awfully hard to establish who actually killed the 'Princes in the Tower'.

Answer: A member of a nomadic Asiatic people that invaded the Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries AD

Attila is said to have bled to death on his wedding night. He supposedly had a nosebleed and choked to death on the blood.

Answer: Guillotined without trial

Robespierre did try to kill himself by shooting, but the bullet only shattered his jaw. He was executed by guillotine the next day.

Answer: Ivan Senior had beaten Ivan Junior's wife, causing a miscarriage

Ivan Junior died defending his wife. He was reputedly not only as sadistic as his father, but they were also said to have shared lovers.

6. Bloody Mary was a staunchly Catholic queen, notorious for zealously persecuting Protestants. She had nearly 300 Protestants executed - mostly by burning. Who was Bloody Mary?

Answer: Mary I of England

Mary died childless and the English throne passed to her equally staunchly Protestant sister who became Queen Elizabeth I.

7. Caligula is known as probably the most cruel and perverse of the Roman Emperors and he managed this with only four years in power. What is he most notorious for - though probably inaccurately?

Answer: Planning to make his horse a Consul

It is said that he once got bored during a game and ordered a section of the crowd to be thrown into the arena with the animals during the interval, as there weren't any criminals to be killed.

Answer: The Belgian parliament forced King Leopold to hand over the colony

The Congo Free State covered an area 76 times the size of Belgium. It became known as the Belgian Congo, then Zaire and is now the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo).

Incredible as it may sound, Leopold II posed as a philanthopist seeking to suppress the slave trade.

Answer: Great Leap Forward

Although China's population increased a lot during Mao's time, his Great Leap Forward, together with mass suicide and persecution is believed to have resulted in 40-70 million deaths.

Answer: Peacefully in her sleep

On her death 12,000 zebu (a type of domestic cattle) were slaughtered and the meat was distributed to the people.

Source: Author scrumpyT

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