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The Crusades Trivia Quiz

As the title indicates, this quiz is all about the Crusades of the High Middle Ages. For all those history buffs, I hope this quiz gives your memory a little jog.

A multiple-choice quiz by dagnity. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
dagnity

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
257,094

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
4046

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. What years did the Crusades span? Hint

306 to 337 AD

1455 to 1485 AD

1861 to 1865 AD

1095 to 1291 AD

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the leader of the Church at the time of the initiation of the Crusades? He is also credited with being the initiator. Hint

Pope John Paul II

Alexander Pope

Pope Gregory VII

Pope Urban II

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Question 3 of 10

3. The First Crusade involved a very important religious figure who supposedly found the Holy Lance that was used to stab Jesus Christ. What is the name of this person? Hint

Peter Bartholomew

Ptolemy Soter

Peter Abelard

Richard the Lionhearted

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Question 4 of 10

4. During the Fourth Crusade, the merchants of Venice misled crusaders by taking them on ships to the wrong city. Instead of Jerusalem, where did the Venetians take them? Hint

Rome

They did go to Jerusalem

Constantinople

Alexandria

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Question 5 of 10

5. The Third Crusade was a sort of celebrity gathering as several nobles participated, including Richard the Lionhearted and Philip II of France. By what name is this Crusade known? Hint

Popular Crusade

The Last Crusade

Children's Crusade

Kings' Crusade

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Question 6 of 10

6. How long had the Muslims held Jerusalem before the Western Christians initiated a recapture mission? Hint

Since 1094 AD

Since Jesus's birth

They did not have a hold on the city

Since the 7th century

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Knights Templar were monks and soldiers who participated in the Crusades.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. The Western Christians learned of the difficulty with the Seljuk Turks by way of a letter sent from the Emperor of Byzantinium. What was his name? Hint

Constantine

King John

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Alexius I Komnenos

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Question 9 of 10

9. The crusaders weren't actually called crusaders. What were they called? Hint

Pilgrims

Catholics

Warmongers

Papal Soldiers

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Question 10 of 10

10. Did the Crusaders ever actually capture Jerusalem?

Yes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What years did the Crusades span?

Answer: 1095 to 1291 AD

Some crusaders headed East on their mission even after 1291, but not all of the crusade-like attempts to take Jerusalem have been counted as official Crusades. 306 to 337 is the time of Constantine's rule over the Roman Empire. 1455 to 1485 is the time of the War of Roses. And 1861 to 1865 is the time of the American Civil War.

2. Who was the leader of the Church at the time of the initiation of the Crusades? He is also credited with being the initiator.

Answer: Pope Urban II

Pope Urban II delivered a sermon at the Council of Clermont that is considered by many scholars to be the motivation of crusaders. Pope Gregory VII was a part of the Investiture Controversy, John Paul II just passed away in 2005, and Alexander Pope was a poet and never a papal authority.

3. The First Crusade involved a very important religious figure who supposedly found the Holy Lance that was used to stab Jesus Christ. What is the name of this person?

Answer: Peter Bartholomew

Bartholomew was put through an ordeal by fire in order to prove that he spoke the truth about the Holy Lance and the visions he said he was receiving from St. Andrew. He died because of it. Peter Abelard was a theologian of the same time period, Richard participated in another crusade, and Ptolemy was one of the diadochoi who inherited the territory of Alexander the Great.

4. During the Fourth Crusade, the merchants of Venice misled crusaders by taking them on ships to the wrong city. Instead of Jerusalem, where did the Venetians take them?

Answer: Constantinople

At this time, Constantinople was the seat of the Byzantine Empire. The Crusaders sacked the city when they arrived, and the Pope responded by ex-communicating Venice. But the Venetians benefited by taking control of the lucrative trade routes that ran through Constantinople.

5. The Third Crusade was a sort of celebrity gathering as several nobles participated, including Richard the Lionhearted and Philip II of France. By what name is this Crusade known?

Answer: Kings' Crusade

The Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa, was also a part of this crusade. Unfortunately, he drowned in a river on the way. Some say that he drowned because he leaned down to the water for a drink and his armor was so heavy that it he could not rise again.

The Popular Crusade is the name of the First Crusade, the Children's Crusade is a sad story and was never counted as an actual crusade. The Last Crusade is one of the Indiana Jones movies.

6. How long had the Muslims held Jerusalem before the Western Christians initiated a recapture mission?

Answer: Since the 7th century

They arrived and took the city in 638 AD, but the city was never a center of the Islamic Empire.

7. The Knights Templar were monks and soldiers who participated in the Crusades.

Answer: True

They formed their order in the aftermath of the First Crusade in order to ensure the safety of Jerusalem and, later, also of the crusaders. They were officially recognized by the Church in 1128.

8. The Western Christians learned of the difficulty with the Seljuk Turks by way of a letter sent from the Emperor of Byzantinium. What was his name?

Answer: Alexius I Komnenos

Alexius was a great and powerful emperor. He began the Komnenian Restoration. Constantine was Roman emperor several centuries earlier. Eleanor of Aquitaine was Queen of England and France (not simultaneously). And King John was the signer of the Magna Carta.

9. The crusaders weren't actually called crusaders. What were they called?

Answer: Pilgrims

The had this name because the journey to Jerusalem was considered a "pilgrimage." I guess they can be considered warmongers, Catholics, and Papal soldiers, as well, but they called themselves pilgrims.

10. Did the Crusaders ever actually capture Jerusalem?

Answer: Yes

The First Crusade was the successful one. Jerusalem was taken in 1099 and made into the "Kingdom of Jerusalem". However, there was difficulty in finding anyone to wear a crown in the city where Jesus had worn a crown of thorns and died.

Source: Author dagnity

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