34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which Pyrenean pass was the site of Charlemagne's 778 rear-guard ambush?
Answer
Roncevaux Pass
What royal title did Charlemagne take after conquering the Lombards?
Answer
King of the Lombards
Which Lombard king did Charlemagne defeat and depose in 774?
Answer
Desiderius
The Carolingian Renaissance was a revival of what?
Answer
Classical learning
Charlemagne's system of laws were called?
Answer
Capitularies
Name the biographer of Charlemagne.
Answer
Einhard
By what treaty was Charlemagne's empire divided among his grandsons?
Answer
Treaty of Verdun
Which Spanish saint was investigated by the Inquisition for heresy?
Answer
Teresa of Ávila
What was the name of the supreme council governing the Inquisition?
Answer
The Suprema
What Spanish term means 'purity of blood' and was enforced by the Inquisition?
Answer
Limpieza de sangre
Which inquisitor was later canonized as a saint?
Answer
Pedro de Arbués
What was the name of the Daoist monk who advised Genghis Khan?
Answer
Qiu Chuji
Which 1211 battle marked the first major Mongol victory over the Jin dynasty?
Answer
Battle of Yehuling
Who was the Khitan advisor who served Genghis Khan?
Answer
Yelü Chucai
What was the name of Genghis Khan's imperial guard?
Answer
Kheshig
Which writing system was adapted for the Mongolian language under Genghis Khan?
Answer
Uyghur script
Which Tangut kingdom was conquered by Genghis Khan just before his death?
Answer
Western Xia
In which 1187 battle was Genghis Khan defeated by Jamukha?
Answer
Battle of Dalan Baljut
Which tribe kidnapped Genghis Khan's wife Börte?
Answer
Merkits
What is the title of the primary Mongol source on Genghis Khan?
Answer
The Secret History of the Mongols
Which Jin dynasty capital did Genghis Khan sack in 1215?
Answer
Zhongdu
What was the name of Genghis Khan's legal code?
Answer
Yassa
Which empire did Genghis Khan invade starting in 1219?
Answer
Khwarezmian Empire
Which of Queen Victoria's sons became Duke of Edinburgh?
Answer
Prince Alfred
Which of Queen Victoria's daughters was the mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II?
Answer
Victoria, Princess Royal
What type of lace was used on Queen Victoria's wedding dress?
Answer
Honiton lace
Who painted Queen Victoria's coronation portrait?
Answer
Sir George Hayter
Who was the first British monarch to travel by train?
Answer
Queen Victoria
What was the name of the mausoleum where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are buried?
Answer
Frogmore Mausoleum
Which of Queen Victoria's daughters married the future German Emperor Frederick III?
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Victoria, Princess Royal
What was the name of the British prime minister who served under Victoria from 1868 to 1874?
Answer
William Ewart Gladstone
What illness caused the death of Prince Albert in 1861?
Answer
Typhoid fever
Who was Queen Victoria's last prime minister?
Answer
Lord Salisbury
Which house on the Isle of Wight did Queen Victoria purchase as a family retreat?
Answer
Osborne House
Who was the first person to attempt to assassinate Queen Victoria, in 1840?
Answer
Edward Oxford