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Quiz about Double Zero Years  The Second Millennium
Quiz about Double Zero Years  The Second Millennium

Double Zero Years: The Second Millennium Quiz


For my 100th quiz, let's look at some random facts taken from the years between 1100 and 2000 that end with 00, making each of them the final year of a century. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by shvdotr. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
shvdotr
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
375,150
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. Year 1100: With the death of Godfrey of Bouillon, "Defender of the Holy Sepulchre," rule of Jerusalem is passed to his older brother, the Count of Edessa, who first takes the title of "King of Jerusalem." Who was this nobleman, who ruled Jerusalem as king until his death in 1118, and who shared his name with a later King of Jerusalem known as "the Leper"? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Year 1200: Although I am extremely skeptical of this claim, some websites say the Chinese invented something on 1 July, 1200, which is very common today. What device designed today for ocular protection do most websites say we see historically first in China in the thirteenth century? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Year 1300: After Caerlaverock Castle fell to the English during the First War of Scottish Independence, a lull in the fighting occurred, during which the Pope sent a letter to England's king demanding he withdraw from Scotland. Consequently, on 30 October, 1300, the king returned to England and bided his time until launching his sixth campaign into Scotland in July of 1301. Can you identify the pope and the king involved? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Year 1400: We'll stay in England for the year 1400. The country saw two significant deaths in a monarch and the poet who gave us such expressions as "murder will out," "every man for himself," and "it is no child's play." Who were these two individuals? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Year 1500: Two explorers, sponsored by the same kingdom, made two significant voyages in 1500. The first, Pedro Alvares Cabral, was blown off course from a voyage around Africa and ended up making landfall in South America, claiming what would later be that continent's largest country. The second, Gaspar de Corte-Real, voyaged as far as Greenland, and then returned the next year to make landfall in Labrador to become the first European since the Vikings to land in North America. What nation sponsored these explorers? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Year 1600: Although Tokugawa Ieyasu did not consolidate complete control of Japan with his shogunate until 1603, most historians point to the decisive battle on 21 October of 1600 as the determining factor in his success. What was the name of this battle whose outcome saw the execution of his rivals Ishida Mitsunari, Konishi Yikinaga, and Ankokuji Ekei and the decline of the Toyotomi clan? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Year 1700: The siege of Tönning in March of 1700 opened the Great Northern War. Although as many as 15-16 separate states were involved in the conflict, which lasted 21 years, two major powers and their rulers led the "festivities". Can you name them? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Year 1800: Prussian geographer Alexander von Humboldt spent four months exploring the basin of South America's second largest river, covering over 1,700 miles of largely uninhabited country and discovering, among other things, electric eels and pink river dolphins. What river is this, which is also the world's fourth largest in terms of average discharge and empties into the Atlantic Ocean through Venezuela? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Year 1900: On the rainy and foggy night of 30 April, 1900, an Illinois Central engineer of the "Cannonball Express" passenger train finished a run in Memphis, Tennessee. Learning that the scheduled engineer for the return run was ill, he volunteered to replace him. Traveling at 75 miles per hour to make up for a late restart, the "Cannonball" rear-ended a stopped freight train near Vaughn, Mississippi, killing the engineer. What was that engineer's name?

(Vaughn is one of the correct spellings of the place. Please don't send corrections).
Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Year 2000: On 10 September, 2000, a musical closed on Broadway after 7,485 performances, making it at the time, the record-holder for Broadway longevity, a record that would not be passed until 9 January, 2006. What was this musical in which Marlene Danielle performed for its entire run, from 1982 to 2000? Hint



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1. Year 1100: With the death of Godfrey of Bouillon, "Defender of the Holy Sepulchre," rule of Jerusalem is passed to his older brother, the Count of Edessa, who first takes the title of "King of Jerusalem." Who was this nobleman, who ruled Jerusalem as king until his death in 1118, and who shared his name with a later King of Jerusalem known as "the Leper"?

Answer: Baldwin, Count of Flanders

After capturing Jerusalem in 1099, Godfrey refused the title "King of Jerusalem," believing that only Christ deserved that title.

Dagobert was the Patriarch of Jerusalem at Baldwin's arrival. He opposed Baldwin and refused to crown him in Jerusalem, so the coronation took place in Bethlehem.
2. Year 1200: Although I am extremely skeptical of this claim, some websites say the Chinese invented something on 1 July, 1200, which is very common today. What device designed today for ocular protection do most websites say we see historically first in China in the thirteenth century?

Answer: sunglasses

I do not doubt that sunglasses as we know them first appeared in China in the 1200s or so. My skepticism lies with the date of 1 July in the year 1200. Either "lenses made from imperfection-heavy quartz" (Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/248125) or "smoke-colored quartz lenses" (quoted from ideafinder.com) were apparently used by Chinese judges to hide their facial expressions to prevent giving away verdicts, according to these websites.

Although almost all the information I found could only use sometime in the 13th century as an invention date (although many chose the year 1200), the website historyorb.com confidently chose the first day of July of the year 1200.
3. Year 1300: After Caerlaverock Castle fell to the English during the First War of Scottish Independence, a lull in the fighting occurred, during which the Pope sent a letter to England's king demanding he withdraw from Scotland. Consequently, on 30 October, 1300, the king returned to England and bided his time until launching his sixth campaign into Scotland in July of 1301. Can you identify the pope and the king involved?

Answer: Boniface VIII and Edward I Longshanks

Boniface VIII was pope for eight years, from 1294-1303. Longshanks ruled from 1272 until his death in 1307. Following the death of John Comyn, Robert the Bruce was crowned King of Scotland in 1306. Robert then ended the First War of Scottish Independence with a victory over Edward II at Bannockburn in 1314.

Clement IV was pope from 1265-1268. Benedict XI was pope for only 259 days in 1303 and 1304. Innocent VI was pope for nine years between 1352 and 1362.

John ruled England between 1199 and 1216. Louis the Lion was King of France, and his title as King of England between 1216 and 1217 was disputed. Edward II, son of Longshanks, ruled for 20 years from 1307 until being murdered in 1327.
4. Year 1400: We'll stay in England for the year 1400. The country saw two significant deaths in a monarch and the poet who gave us such expressions as "murder will out," "every man for himself," and "it is no child's play." Who were these two individuals?

Answer: Richard II and Geoffrey Chaucer

To be absolutely accurate, Richard II was no longer England's ruler in the year 1400, as he had been deposed in 1399 by Bolingbroke, who installed himself as Henry IV. Richard is thought to have been starved to death in captivity.

Best known for his "Canterbury Tales," Chaucer is often referred to as "the Father of English Literature."

King Stephen died in 1154, Edward III in 1377, and Henry IV in 1413.

Geoffrey of Monmouth died around 1155, Malory died in Newgate Prison in 1471, and Shakespeare died in 1616.
5. Year 1500: Two explorers, sponsored by the same kingdom, made two significant voyages in 1500. The first, Pedro Alvares Cabral, was blown off course from a voyage around Africa and ended up making landfall in South America, claiming what would later be that continent's largest country. The second, Gaspar de Corte-Real, voyaged as far as Greenland, and then returned the next year to make landfall in Labrador to become the first European since the Vikings to land in North America. What nation sponsored these explorers?

Answer: Portugal

Cabral's "discovery" gave practical effect to Portugal claims in the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) and enabled it to procure the colony of Brazil. Corte-Real never returned to Europe from his voyage of 1501, and despite attempts by two brothers to find him, he is presumed lost at sea. Portugal was never able to acquire claims to any part of North America.
6. Year 1600: Although Tokugawa Ieyasu did not consolidate complete control of Japan with his shogunate until 1603, most historians point to the decisive battle on 21 October of 1600 as the determining factor in his success. What was the name of this battle whose outcome saw the execution of his rivals Ishida Mitsunari, Konishi Yikinaga, and Ankokuji Ekei and the decline of the Toyotomi clan?

Answer: Battle of Sekigahara

The Tokugawa Shogunate would rule Japan from 1603 to 1868. The Tokugawas ruled Japan from Edo (today's Tokyo), and this period is also referred to as the Edo period. It would be Japan's last shogunate, or military rule by a shogun, or general, and would be ended by the Meiji Restoration.

Tsushima, or the Battle of Tsushima Strait, was a Japanese naval victory over Russia in 1905. Russia's humiliating defeat basically ended the Russo-Japanese War. The Battle of Tarawa was a battle in World War II. The Battle of Isandlwana was an 1879 engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
7. Year 1700: The siege of Tönning in March of 1700 opened the Great Northern War. Although as many as 15-16 separate states were involved in the conflict, which lasted 21 years, two major powers and their rulers led the "festivities". Can you name them?

Answer: Sweden under Charles XII and Russia under Peter the Great

The war ended in 1721 with control of the Baltic largely passing from Sweden to Russia. Charles XII, sixteen years old at the war's outset, was killed in 1718 attacking Norway at the siege of Fredriksten. Although Peter the Great died just seven years after Charles, his waging of the Great Northern War firmly established Russia as a major European power.
8. Year 1800: Prussian geographer Alexander von Humboldt spent four months exploring the basin of South America's second largest river, covering over 1,700 miles of largely uninhabited country and discovering, among other things, electric eels and pink river dolphins. What river is this, which is also the world's fourth largest in terms of average discharge and empties into the Atlantic Ocean through Venezuela?

Answer: Orinoco

Only the Amazon, Congo, and Ganges-Brahmaputra system discharge more water than the Orinoco.

Charles Darwin described Humboldt as "the greatest scientific traveler who ever lived." His full name was Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt.
9. Year 1900: On the rainy and foggy night of 30 April, 1900, an Illinois Central engineer of the "Cannonball Express" passenger train finished a run in Memphis, Tennessee. Learning that the scheduled engineer for the return run was ill, he volunteered to replace him. Traveling at 75 miles per hour to make up for a late restart, the "Cannonball" rear-ended a stopped freight train near Vaughn, Mississippi, killing the engineer. What was that engineer's name? (Vaughn is one of the correct spellings of the place. Please don't send corrections).

Answer: Jonathan Luther "Casey" Jones

Jones was born on 14 March, 1863, and lived as a youth near Cayce, Kentucky, which was the source of his nickname. As an engineer he was known by the unique whistle signature he developed, as well as his punctuality. It was said people could set their watches by the appearance of his engine. Just before his fatal crash, he told his fireman, Simeon T. "Sim" Webb, to jump, which saved his life. Jones was killed by a wood splinter driven through his head.

Although his crash was one of 27 rear-end collisions on U.S. railroads in the month of April, a ballad made him famous.
10. Year 2000: On 10 September, 2000, a musical closed on Broadway after 7,485 performances, making it at the time, the record-holder for Broadway longevity, a record that would not be passed until 9 January, 2006. What was this musical in which Marlene Danielle performed for its entire run, from 1982 to 2000?

Answer: Cats

"Cats" won seven Tony Awards in 1983, including Best Musical, and a Grammy for Best Cast Show Album in 1984. It was "The Phantom of the Opera" that surpassed "Cats'" number of performances in 2006. "Phantom," which began on Broadway in 1988, was still going strong in 2015, as was "The Lion King," which got its start in 1997. "A Chorus Line" had a run of 6,137 performances from 1975 to 1990.
Source: Author shvdotr

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