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Quiz about Every Purpose Under Heaven
Quiz about Every Purpose Under Heaven

Every Purpose Under Heaven Trivia Quiz


Medieval European people served many causes and purposes, developed many ideas and contributed to human history in many ways. Your task is to match ten of them to the appropriate short description. Enjoy!

A matching quiz by DeepHistory. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
DeepHistory
Time
3 mins
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Quiz #
416,171
Updated
Nov 19 24
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1. Inventor of the Anno Domini dating system  
  Rollo
2. One of the two architects of Hagia Sophia and a great mathematician  
  Dionysius Exiguus
3. Chemist who invented the Greek Fire  
  Peter Abelard
4. Pope who crowned Charlemagne as Emperor  
  Leo III
5. Warlord who founded the Duchy of Normandy  
  Bernard of Clairvaux
6. King who broke up the power of the Khazar Khaganate  
  Johannes Gutenberg
7. Philosopher and theologian, most prominent of scholasticists  
  Hermann von Salza
8. Abbot and theologian, co-founded the Knights Templar  
  Callinicus of Heliopolis
9. German noble, led the expansion of the Teutonic Knights in Old Prussia  
  Svyatoslav I
10. Inventor of the movable-type printing press, an invention often credited with ending the Middle Ages  
  Isidore of Miletus





Select each answer

1. Inventor of the Anno Domini dating system
2. One of the two architects of Hagia Sophia and a great mathematician
3. Chemist who invented the Greek Fire
4. Pope who crowned Charlemagne as Emperor
5. Warlord who founded the Duchy of Normandy
6. King who broke up the power of the Khazar Khaganate
7. Philosopher and theologian, most prominent of scholasticists
8. Abbot and theologian, co-founded the Knights Templar
9. German noble, led the expansion of the Teutonic Knights in Old Prussia
10. Inventor of the movable-type printing press, an invention often credited with ending the Middle Ages

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Inventor of the Anno Domini dating system

Answer: Dionysius Exiguus

Dionysius Exiguus (470-544) was a member of the monastic community of the "Scythian Monks", so-called because of their residence in Scythia Minor (modern-day Dobrudja). Not only did he develop the Anno Domini dating system, which eclipsed the previous Ab Urbe Condita (counting from the year of Rome's foundation), he was also an accomplished mathematician, as well as a Bible scholar.
2. One of the two architects of Hagia Sophia and a great mathematician

Answer: Isidore of Miletus

Isidore of Miletus, alongside Anthemius of Tralleis, were given the task of designing the church of Hagia Sophia ("Divine Wisdom" in Greek) by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian. Construction began in 346 AD and concluded in 360 AD. Both men were accomplished scientists and were connected with the Neoplatonic philosophical school and it is quite possible that they conceived their work as a bridge between the classical and the Christian, combining the two vectors of Hellenism in a single opus.
3. Chemist who invented the Greek Fire

Answer: Callinicus of Heliopolis

Callinicus was a Byzantine (Medieval Greek) inventor, born in the city of Heliopolis (modern-day Baalbek in Lebanon). When the Arabs overran the province of Syria where his hometown belonged, he fled to Egypt and acquired education in Alexandria. His invention in c. 672 AD attracted attention in the imperial capital, Constantinople, and helped save the city when the Arabs besieged it in the late seventh century.

The precise chemical composition of the Greek Fire remains unknown, although many attempts have been made to replicate it, including one in 1864 by Confederate conspirators during the American Civil War.
4. Pope who crowned Charlemagne as Emperor

Answer: Leo III

Although Leo III was a Roman pontiff, it is quite possible that he had Greek descent. His election to Papal office was largely due to Frankish support, however. Three years after his election, in 799, relatives of his predecessor attacked him, attempting to mutilate him and temporarily driving him out of Rome. Leo, however, fled to the Franks, being received by Charlemagne and being restored to his seat.

As a token of gratitude, the Pope crowned the Frankish king Roman Emperor, inaugurating the claim of Frankish succession to the long-fallen Western Roman Empire.
5. Warlord who founded the Duchy of Normandy

Answer: Rollo

Rollo was a Viking leader of the early tenth century. Initially the chief of a raiding band that attacked Northern France, Rollo opted to join the system of the French nobility, being rewarded by King Charles III "the Simple" with lands in Rouen. Rollo's fief holdings became the Duchy of Normandy, which produced pivotal figures in European history, like William the Conqueror and Robert Guiscard.
6. King who broke up the power of the Khazar Khaganate

Answer: Svyatoslav I

Svyatoslav I was a tenth-century ruler of Kyiv, hailing from the House of the (semi-mythical) Rurik the Varangian. His mother, Helga (Olha in the medieval chronciles and in modern Ukrainian) had converted to Christianity, something her son is said to have refused to do, out of the concern that his retinue would scoff at him. Svyatoslav's campaigns against the Khazars were undertaken with the consent and approval of Byzantium, whose relations with the Khazars had turned sour beause of Khazar trade and friendship with Constantinople's Islamic foes.
7. Philosopher and theologian, most prominent of scholasticists

Answer: Peter Abelard

Peter Abelard (1079-1142) was of French origin. He has variously been described as the Descartes of his age, the forerunner of philosophical empiricism and the most prominent of scholastic philosophers. Medievalist Donald Ostrowski had argued that, because of Abelard's approach to philosophy, it was the Catholic West that eventually advanced to the Renaissance.

However, Abelard is more known to the wider audience because of his relationship with Heloise.
8. Abbot and theologian, co-founded the Knights Templar

Answer: Bernard of Clairvaux

Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) was of French origin and the intellectual counterweight to Peter Abelard. Apart from his sermons, which led to some Catholice viewing him as the latest of the Church Fathers, he was also the main ideological supporter of the Second Crusade and the one who insisted that the crusading ideal must be applied not only to the Islamic conquerors of the Holy Land, but also to the non-Christian peoples of the Baltic Sea and its hinterland.
9. German noble, led the expansion of the Teutonic Knights in Old Prussia

Answer: Hermann von Salza

Hermann von Salza (1165-1239) was from Thuringia, a region of Germany. Being a lesser noble (ministerialis) with little hope of either enrichment or political prominence in the secular court, he became a Crusader and perhaps was among the founding members of the Teutonic Knights.

He became High Master of his Order 1210. It was his choice to accept the pleas of the Polish duke Conrad of Masovia that led the Teutonic Knights into the hitherto little-known land of Old Prussia.
10. Inventor of the movable-type printing press, an invention often credited with ending the Middle Ages

Answer: Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg (c.1393-1468) was born and spent most of his life in the German city of Mainz. Believing that every Christian should be able to personally read Scripture, Gutenberg strove to make production of more copies an easier process that manual scribal work, inventing movable-type printing.

His invention meant that information of any kind could reach people much easier, thus helping tremendously to inaugurate the Renaissance and spread Humanist teachings.
Source: Author DeepHistory

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