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The Borgias Trivia Quiz

The Borgias were evil masterminds: they revelled in depravity, putting vice before virtue, riches before religion and power before piety!

A multiple-choice quiz by allmine. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
allmine

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
210,309

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
479

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Question 1 of 10

1. Rodrigo Borgia is better known as Pope Alexander the ___? Hint

VII

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Question 2 of 10

2. Before climbing the ladder to the position of Supreme Pontiff, Rodrigo Borgia was busy seducing as many young virgins as he could lay his hands on! One of these, Vanozza dei Catanei bore him sons. How many? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. When Rodrigo was elected Pope he made one of his illegitimate children Archbishop of Valencia. Which one? Hint

Cesare

Goffredo

Giovanni

Lucrezia

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Question 4 of 10

4. Sanchia, the promiscuous teenage daughter of the King of Naples arrived at the Vatican as a prospective bride for which of these Borgias? Hint

Cesare

Goffredo

Giovanni

Rodrigo

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Question 5 of 10

5. The Pope sent his son Giovanni to attack the Orsini family, but he returned to Rome in disgrace in 1497. He was found murdered after dining with his mother and his brother, Cesare. How was he murdered? Hint

He was poisoned

He was drowned

He was strangled

He was stabbed

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Question 6 of 10

6. How many times did Lucrezia Borgia marry? Hint

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Question 7 of 10

7. How did Rodrigo Borgia die? Hint

He was poisoned

After falling off a horse

He was stabbed

Of malaria

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Question 8 of 10

8. At what age did Rodrigo Borgia die? Hint

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Question 9 of 10

9. How did Cesare die? Hint

Natural causes

He was poisoned

He died of thirst

He was stabbed

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Question 10 of 10

10. Where was Rodrigo Borgia born? Hint

Vatican City

Rome

Naples

Xativa

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Rodrigo Borgia is better known as Pope Alexander the ___?

Answer: VI

When Pope Innocent VIII died in 1492, Rodrigo was one of three contenders to become Supreme Pontiff. After handing out huge bribes he was elected Pope.

Answer: 3

She also bore him a daughter, the notorious Lucrezia in 1480, before he tired of her and fell for 16-year-old Giulia Farnese.

3. When Rodrigo was elected Pope he made one of his illegitimate children Archbishop of Valencia. Which one?

Answer: Cesare

A year later he became a cardinal. This was not good enough as he was furious that his older brother had been given command of the Papal army. (In those days the Papacy was also an important temporal power).

4. Sanchia, the promiscuous teenage daughter of the King of Naples arrived at the Vatican as a prospective bride for which of these Borgias?

Answer: Goffredo

Both the Pope and Cesare made a rigorous check of her "credentials".

Answer: He was stabbed

On 14 June he dined with his mother and brother Cesare. The two men left separately on horseback. His body was dragged from the river Tiber the next morning, he had been stabbed nine times.

6. How many times did Lucrezia Borgia marry?

Answer: 3

Her first husband fled in fear of Cesare's jealous rages, her second, with whom she had genuinely fallen in love, was strangled by Cesare.

7. How did Rodrigo Borgia die?

Answer: Of malaria

In August 1503, both Rodrigo and Cesare caught malaria after attending a party thrown by a cardinal in a vineyard just outside Rome.

8. At what age did Rodrigo Borgia die?

Answer: 72

Within a week of catching malaria the 72-year-old Pope was dead.

9. How did Cesare die?

Answer: He died of thirst

On 12th March 1507, he was wounded while besieging on the town of Viana, during a territorial dispute with Spain. His captors stripped him naked and left him to die of thirst.

10. Where was Rodrigo Borgia born?

Answer: Xativa

In 1431 Rodrigo was born, in April 1455 he was made a bishop and quickly progressed up the catholic hierarchy to cardinal and vice-chancellor.

Source: Author allmine

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