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Quiz about Ten Influential People Who Are They
Quiz about Ten Influential People Who Are They

Ten Influential People: Who Are They? Quiz


This moderately difficult quiz will test your knowledge of the past two and a half thousand years.

A multiple-choice quiz by charlemagne. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
charlemagne
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
1,009
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
5057
Last 3 plays: Guest 86 (9/10), Verbonica (10/10), ramses22 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. What prince founded one of the world's most populous religions and later became known as the Buddha? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What Macedonian King was one of the greatest innovators of ancient warfare and the father of Alexander the Great? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which Roman Emperor divided the empire into eastern and western halves effectively creating the Byzantine Empire? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Which Roman or Byzantine Emperor issued the Edict of Milan making Christianity legal in the empire? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which Frankish defeated a Muslim raiding party at Tours (also claimed as Poitiers) checking Muslim advance into Western Europe? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What English commander defeated Napoleon at Waterloo ending the 'Hundred Days' and signaling the end of the French Emperor? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What Austrian politician's agenda at the Congress of Vienna organized Europe for the greater part of the period 1815-48? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What Prussian politician was responsible for Germany's rise to power in the later parts of the 19th century? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Henry Ford made the automobile affordable, but who created the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine to make the car possible? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparking a short range cause of World War I? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What prince founded one of the world's most populous religions and later became known as the Buddha?

Answer: Siddhartha Gautama

After becoming enlightened while meditating under a bodi tree, Gautama became the Buddha.
2. What Macedonian King was one of the greatest innovators of ancient warfare and the father of Alexander the Great?

Answer: Philip

Philip II was the creator of the Macedonian Phalanx and fathered one of the brightest military minds of the period.
3. Which Roman Emperor divided the empire into eastern and western halves effectively creating the Byzantine Empire?

Answer: Diocletian

Diocletion divided the great empire and named a second emperor to more effectivley administer the empire.
4. Which Roman or Byzantine Emperor issued the Edict of Milan making Christianity legal in the empire?

Answer: Constantine

5. Which Frankish defeated a Muslim raiding party at Tours (also claimed as Poitiers) checking Muslim advance into Western Europe?

Answer: Charles Martel

6. What English commander defeated Napoleon at Waterloo ending the 'Hundred Days' and signaling the end of the French Emperor?

Answer: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

7. What Austrian politician's agenda at the Congress of Vienna organized Europe for the greater part of the period 1815-48?

Answer: Metternich

8. What Prussian politician was responsible for Germany's rise to power in the later parts of the 19th century?

Answer: Bismarck

9. Henry Ford made the automobile affordable, but who created the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine to make the car possible?

Answer: Benz

10. Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparking a short range cause of World War I?

Answer: Princip

Source: Author charlemagne

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