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Quiz about Who Art Thou Medieval Personalities
Quiz about Who Art Thou Medieval Personalities

Who Art Thou? Medieval Personalities Quiz


These are some famous medieval personalities. You've to only identify who are they.

A multiple-choice quiz by swashbuckler. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
swashbuckler
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
58,493
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Impossible
Avg Score
3 / 10
Plays
3379
Last 3 plays: Guest 62 (5/10), Guest 195 (7/10), Guest 144 (4/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. This mathematician and astronomer wrote 'De triangulis omnimodis libri quinque' which is considered as the earliest modern work to explore plane and spherical trigonometry. Who is he? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This English monarch was the son of Empress Matilda and Geoffrey of Anjou. He was best known for his quarrels with his family and the tragic episode of his one-time friend Becket. Who is he?

Answer: (Two words: First name and Roman numeral)
Question 3 of 10
3. A Dominican friar and reformer who governed Florence for a short time in the form of a democratic republic. Who is being referred to here?

Answer: (Two words, or just surname)
Question 4 of 10
4. This Renaissance artist wrote 'The Four Books on Human Proportions' which was published shortly after his death. Who is he? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This Arab philosopher's masterwork is 'Muqaddimah'. Who is being referred to here? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which Norwegian King succeeded his father Harald I Fairhair? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This German King led the Ghibelline forces against Charles of Anjou at the battle of Tagliacozzo. Who is being talked about? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which French King led the Second Crusade? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This King of Sicily was crowned on the authority of Pope Innocent II and had achieved mastery over the whole of Norman Italy. Who is being referred to here? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This Duke of Muscovy revolted against Tatar overlordship by refusing tribute to Grand Khan Ahmed in 1480. Who is he?

Answer: (First name followed by Roman numeral)

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1. This mathematician and astronomer wrote 'De triangulis omnimodis libri quinque' which is considered as the earliest modern work to explore plane and spherical trigonometry. Who is he?

Answer: Regiomontanus

Born Johann Muller, Regiomontanus took his name from the Latinized form of his home town, Konigsberg, 'King's Mountain.' In 1461 he completed the re-translation begun by Peuerbach of Ptolemy's 'Almagest' from Arabic to Latin. This improved translation sparked new interest in mathematics and ultimately led to Ptolemy's successful refutation by Copernicus.In English this book was translated as Five Books on Triangles of All Kinds, published posthumously in 1533.
2. This English monarch was the son of Empress Matilda and Geoffrey of Anjou. He was best known for his quarrels with his family and the tragic episode of his one-time friend Becket. Who is he?

Answer: Henry II

He was also known as Henry of Anjou, Henry Fitzempress,Henry Curtmantle (Shortmantle) and Henry Plantagenet. His marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine increased his holdings and would produce eight children, two of whom (Richard and John) would become kings of England.

His chancellor and friend, Becket, was persuaded to become archbishop of Canterbury in 1162, in the hope that he would help the king curb the power of the ecclesiastical courts. However,once consecrated, Becket felt bound to defend church privileges, and he was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170 by four knights of the king's household.
3. A Dominican friar and reformer who governed Florence for a short time in the form of a democratic republic. Who is being referred to here?

Answer: Girolamo Savonarola

He preached prophetic speeches,made enemies of Pope Alexander VI and the Duke of Milan. Savonarola was viciously persecuted, tried, tortured, and sentenced to death by papal commissioners on apparently fabricated evidence. He was killed on 23 May 1498.
4. This Renaissance artist wrote 'The Four Books on Human Proportions' which was published shortly after his death. Who is he?

Answer: Albrecht Durer

Generally regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern European Renaissance, Durer was a painter, printmaker, and author of theoretical treatises on art. He was influenced by both Gothic art and the Italian Renaissance, and his own prolific work had a significant influence on artists of his age. Highly skilled in drawing and a keen student of nature, he perfected the technique of woodcut and engraving, producing woodcut series such as the Apocalypse 1498 and copperplate engravings such as The Knight, Death,and the Devil 1513 and Melancholia 1514.
5. This Arab philosopher's masterwork is 'Muqaddimah'. Who is being referred to here?

Answer: Ibn Khaldun

Generally considered the greatest Arab historian and the father of Sociology and the sciences of History, Ibn Khaldun developed one of the earliest nonreligious philosophies of history in his masterwork, the 'Muqaddimah'.
6. Which Norwegian King succeeded his father Harald I Fairhair?

Answer: Erik Bloodaxe

He killed seven of his eight half-brothers who had rebelled against him, hence his nickname. He was deposed by his youngest half-brother Haakon 947 and fled to England, where he became ruler of the Norse kingdom of Northumbria in 948. He was expelled 954 and killed in battle at Stainmore, Yorkshire (now in Cumbria).
7. This German King led the Ghibelline forces against Charles of Anjou at the battle of Tagliacozzo. Who is being talked about?

Answer: Conradin

Son of Conrad IV, recognized as king of the Germans, Sicily, and Jerusalem by German supporters of the Hohenstaufens 1254. This battle was fought in 1266 where he was captured and executed. He was popularly known as Conrad V.
8. Which French King led the Second Crusade?

Answer: Louis VII

King of France of 1137 who annulled his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1152, whereupon Eleanor married Henry of Anjou, later Henry II of England. Louis was involved in a bitter struggle with Henry 1152-74.
9. This King of Sicily was crowned on the authority of Pope Innocent II and had achieved mastery over the whole of Norman Italy. Who is being referred to here?

Answer: Roger II

King of Sicily from 1130, the second son of Count Roger I of Sicily (1031-1101). He used his navy to conquer Malta and territories in north Africa, and to harrass Byzantine possessions in the eastern Mediterranean. His Palermo court was a cultural centre where Latin, Greek, and Arab scholars mixed freely.
10. This Duke of Muscovy revolted against Tatar overlordship by refusing tribute to Grand Khan Ahmed in 1480. Who is he?

Answer: Ivan III the Great

Grand duke of Muscovy from 1462. He claimed the title of tsar and adopted the double-headed eagle as the Russian state emblem.
Source: Author swashbuckler

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