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Marco Polo Trivia Quiz

So here's a little quiz about my favourite historical figures - Marco Polo.

A multiple-choice quiz by khassandra. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
khassandra

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
71,596

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1242

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Question 1 of 10

1. In which Italian city is Marco Polo believed to have been born?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 2 of 10

2. What were the names of Marco's father and uncle? Hint

Maffeo and Julius

Maffeo and Marco

Julius and Niccolo

Maffeo and Niccolo

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Question 3 of 10

3. In what year did Marco's father and uncle first go to China? Hint

1270

1271

1260

1268

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who gave them a splendid welcome? Hint

Mirza Taqui Khan

Cocachin Khan

Nadir Khan

Kublai Khan

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Question 5 of 10

5. In what year did Marco set off for China? Hint

1277

1266

1271

1283

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Question 6 of 10

6. From what country did the Khan of China come? Hint

China

Mongolia

Persia

Russia

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was responsible for Marco Polo's book other than himself? Hint

Rustichello da Pisa

Marco's uncle Maffeo

Mirza Taqui Khan

Darius da Venezia

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the princess that Marco and his father and uncle brought to Persia during the end of their time in China? Hint

Empacea

Bathtina

Cocachin

Hereelda

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Question 9 of 10

9. During the war of which two cities did Marco sit in jail? Hint

Venice and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy

Venice and Genoa

Venice and Marseille

Venice and Bari

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Question 10 of 10

10. Finally; in what year was Marco's book finished? Hint

1302

1295

1299

1300

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In which Italian city is Marco Polo believed to have been born?

Answer: Venice

Whilst it is generally accepted that Marco Polo and his family came from the Venetian Republic, it is not known for certain. The most pressing alternative candidate is Korcula, an island in modern day Croatia.

2. What were the names of Marco's father and uncle?

Answer: Maffeo and Niccolo

Sometimes Maffeo's name appears as Matteo or Mattheo, but most of the time it's spelt the way I did.

3. In what year did Marco's father and uncle first go to China?

Answer: 1260

Maffeo and Niccolo first went to China. They first planned to go to Constantinople, but as a war suddenly began around the city they had to change their plans and travelled further than was planned - to Northern China.

4. Who gave them a splendid welcome?

Answer: Kublai Khan

Kublai Khan was the emperor of China at that time. Mirza Taqui Khan and Nadir Khan are both more or less fictive people from my favourite book 'Phantom of the Opera', and Cocachin was the name of a princess Marco met. Kublai Khan was originally from Mongolia.

5. In what year did Marco set off for China?

Answer: 1271

Maffeo and Niccolo went to China in 1260. When they got home, Marco got very interested and loved to hear their tales from the far east. When Maffeo and Niccolo went to China eleven years later, Marco begged them for a permission to join the tribe, and so his adventures began.

6. From what country did the Khan of China come?

Answer: Mongolia

Yes, he did. China and Mongolia belonged to one kingdom at that time.

7. Who was responsible for Marco Polo's book other than himself?

Answer: Rustichello da Pisa

Rustichello da Pisa was an author that Marco was in jail with for some time during the war of Genoa and Venice. For some reason the people loved to arrest each other, and otherwise nobody believed any of Marco's tales from China. Anyway, Rustichello da Pisa offered to write his book, and so he did. Mirza Taqui Khan is a fictive person, so is Darius da Venezia.

8. Who was the princess that Marco and his father and uncle brought to Persia during the end of their time in China?

Answer: Cocachin

Marco and his family asked Kublai Khan for a permission to go home to Venice. It wasn't that they didn't like being with him in China, they just longed to come home. The khan wouldn't allow this, so when Cocachin was going to Persia to marry the Persian Khan Arghun, they offered to follow her the whole way.

When they got to Persia they got a message that Kublai Khan was dead, and then they went home.

9. During the war of which two cities did Marco sit in jail?

Answer: Venice and Genoa

Would you believe it? Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy is a Russian city on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Bari is another Italian city. Anyway, as I said Marco was in jail due to people's sceptical feelings about his tales from China, and as Genoa and Venice were fighting lots up people ended up there.

10. {Finally;} in what year was Marco's book finished?

Answer: 1299

Finally Marco's book was finished, and even after it was published a large number of people didn't believe his stories.

Source: Author khassandra

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