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1. What city, also the name of a type of headgear, was founded in 789 by Idris I?

Answer: Fez

The city of Fez (sometimes spelled Fes) produced the dye used for the color of the felt hat called a fez. The fez was popular in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt for a time.

Fez was the capital of Morocco until the capital moved to Rabat in 1912, and Fez is still one of the most important cities of Morocco.

2. The Rashomon gate was built in 789 in what city, which became the capital of Japan in 794?

Answer: Kyoto

Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 740, and 745 to 784. Nagaokakyo was the capital from 784 to 794. Kyoto was the capital from 794 to 1868 or 1869. When Edo was renamed Tokyo, it became the capital in 1868 or 1869. Some people claim that Kyoto is still the capital, since there was no edict moving the capital to Tokyo. Regardless, Tokyo became the de facto capital when Emperor Meiji and the imperial court moved there.

3. In 789, what king of the Franks passed the "Admonitio generalis", a decree dealing mainly with ecclesiastical regulations?

Answer: Charlemagne

Charlemagne, who became emperor in 800, is known for his military success and his reforms. The "Admonitio generalis" is one of the important works of the Carolingian Renaissance, which occurred mainly during the reign of Charlemagne and his son Louis the Pious.

4. The name of what city in modern-day Germany, founded in 789, is derived from the fact that it guarded a crossing of the Werre river?

Answer: Herford

Herford literally means "ford suitable for the passage of an army". Hereford in England has the same etymology. Charlemagne founded the city as part of his fight against the Saxons led by Widukind.

5. Beorhtric, king of Wessex, married Eadburh in 789. How did Beorhtric die, according to Asser?

Answer: Poisoned

According to Asser's "The Life of Alfred the Great", Eadburh poisoned one of the king's friends, and accidentally poisoned Beorhtric as well. She then fled to Francia, and turned down an opportunity to marry Charlemagne. She became an abbess until she was caught in an affair, and died as a beggar.

6. What people first were recorded coming to England in 789?

Answer: Vikings

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle recorded the first Viking raid at Portland (Dorset) in Wessex. The Vikings would eventually control much of modern-day England, and were largely driven out by the time of the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.

7. In 789 Causantin mac Fergusa became king of what people, whose name is related to photography?

Answer: Picts

The Picts were a Celtic people living in Scotland. They appear to have become part of the Gaels in the 10th century.

Pict probably derives from the Latin picti meaning "painted", although www.etymonline.com suggests it derives from the Celtic Pehta or Peihta meaning "the fighters". Picture ultimately comes from the same Latin root. Cameral refers not to a people group but to a legislative body, but it does share the same Latin root as camera.

8. Ziryab, an Arab musician and poet, was born in 789. What does his name mean? He is known as Pajaro Negro in Spanish.

Answer: Blackbird

Abu l-Hasan Ali Ibn Nafi, better known as Ziryab, was nicknamed "Blackbird" because of his skin color and his singing voice. Ziryab also had an impact on cuisine, fashion, and hygiene in the Islamic world.

9. Li Mi and Liu Hun both died in 789. What Chinese dynasty did they both serve? If they made fruit-flavored drink mixes then, I wonder if they would drink it.

Answer: Tang

Tang became popular when NASA used on several spaceflights.

Li Mi and Liu Hun were both officials during the reigns of several emperors. Liu Han had a sense of humor. According to the "Zizhi Tongjian", when a fellow chancellor warned him to be careful with his words, Liu Han responded, "Please thank Lord Zhang for me. Liu Hun's head may be cut off, but the tongue cannot be stopped."

10. Willehad of Bremen, Bishop of Bremen, died in 789. What modern-day country is Bremen in?

Answer: Germany

Willehad was born in modern-day England or Scotland and was a missionary to the Frisians and the Saxons, but had to flee for his life in both cases. He was made the first Bishop of Bremen in 787.

The city of Bremen, one of the largest cities in Germany, has a significant airplane production industry.

Source: Author TimBentley

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Because Seven Eight Nine Trivia Quiz

The year 789 CE is not one you are likely to remember, but this quiz features several significant events that happened that year.

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