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The Ottoman Sultans Trivia Quiz

To many people the Ottoman Empire is something of a mystery. Ten questions on the sultans who ran this empire.

A multiple-choice quiz by sultan. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
sultan

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
67,365

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1034

Last 3 plays: Guest 5 (8/10), Guest 37 (7/10), Guest 75 (0/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was Selim II's nickname? Hint

the Sot

the Great

the Magnificent

the Just

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was Selim I's more famous son? Hint

Osman II

Mehmed II

Suleiman I

Bayezid

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who founded the Ottoman Empire? Hint

Abdul-Hamid I

Mehmed I

Osman I

Murad I

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which Russian Tsar coined the term 'the sick man of Europe' to describe the Ottoman Empire? Hint

Tsar Nicholas II

Tsar Nicholas I

Tsar Ivan IV

Tsar Peter I

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which sultan drowned his entire harem of over 300 women in a fit of jealousy and rage? Hint

Sultan Ibrahim

Sultan Suleiman II

Sultan Murad IV

Sultan Abdul Hamid I

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Question 6 of 10

6. How many Ottoman Sultans were there? Hint

123

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which Ottoman Sultan finally captured Constantinople?

Answer: (Two Words - Name and Roman numeral)

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Question 8 of 10

8. How many of the Ottoman Sultans were deposed? Hint

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Question 9 of 10

9. After taking Constantinople in 1453 the Sultan adopted a new title. Which of these was it? Hint

Emperor of Rome

Tsar of the Balkans

Emperor of Greece

King of Macedonia

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the man most responsible for abolishing the sultanate and forcibly directing Turkey into a twentieth-century nation?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was Selim II's nickname?

Answer: the Sot

Selim II was a big-time drunk. He ruled from 1566 to 1574.

2. Who was Selim I's more famous son?

Answer: Suleiman I

Suleiman I was sultan during the heyday of the Ottoman Empire (1520-1566) and is also known as Suleiman the Magnificent.

3. Who founded the Ottoman Empire?

Answer: Osman I

From Western Anatolia, this Turkish chieftan united different tribes in their quest to gain possesions from the crumbling Byzantine Empire.

4. Which Russian Tsar coined the term 'the sick man of Europe' to describe the Ottoman Empire?

Answer: Tsar Nicholas I

The Tsar used this phrase when talking to the British ambassador during a state dinner. On another occasion he used the expression of the Austrian Empire ... It is possible, however, that the phrase is older.

5. Which sultan drowned his entire harem of over 300 women in a fit of jealousy and rage?

Answer: Sultan Ibrahim

He had them all tied up in sacks and thrown into the Bosporus.

6. How many Ottoman Sultans were there?

Answer: 36

Through the years 1299 to 1922.

7. Which Ottoman Sultan finally captured Constantinople?

Answer: Mehmed II

Once in the Byzantine palace, he quoted an old verse from a Persian poet, 'The spider weaves the curtains in the palace of the Caesars, The owl calls the watches in the towers of Afrasiab'.

8. How many of the Ottoman Sultans were deposed?

Answer: 15

15 out of 41 sultans deposed ...

9. After taking Constantinople in 1453 the Sultan adopted a new title. Which of these was it?

Answer: Emperor of Rome

10. Who was the man most responsible for abolishing the sultanate and forcibly directing Turkey into a twentieth-century nation?

Answer: Ataturk

He held more power than most of the sultans ever did. He looked to the West as a basis to govern his backward nation.

Source: Author sultan

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