What medieval military order was founded in 1119 to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land?
Answer
Knights Templar
34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which English king was known as Richard the Lionheart?
Answer
Richard I
What was the name of the first major book printed using movable type in Europe?
Answer
Gutenberg Bible
Which university, founded in 1088, is considered the oldest in continuous operation?
Answer
University of Bologna
Which battle in 1314 secured Scottish independence from England?
Answer
Battle of Bannockburn
What prolonged conflict between England and France lasted from 1337 to 1453?
Answer
Hundred Years' War
Which battle in 732 CE stopped the Islamic expansion into Western Europe?
Answer
Battle of Tours
What was the name of the medieval trade federation of Northern European cities?
Answer
Hanseatic League
Which institution tried and punished heretics in medieval Europe?
Answer
Inquisition
Which medieval queen of France became Queen of England after her marriage to Henry II?
Answer
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Which two treaties make up the Peace of Westphalia?
Answer
Treaty of Münster and Treaty of Osnabrück
Which 1629 imperial edict ordered the return of secularized church lands?
Answer
Edict of Restitution
Who was the Holy Roman Emperor at the start of the war in 1618?
Answer
Matthias
Which 1632 battle saw Gustavus Adolphus defeat Tilly on the Lech River?
Answer
Battle of Rain
Which 1648 battle in Bohemia was the final action of the Thirty Years' War?
Answer
Battle of Prague
Which battle in 1648 is often called the last major battle of the Thirty Years' War?
Answer
Zusmarshausen
Which Swedish chancellor directed Sweden's policy after Gustavus Adolphus died?
Answer
Axel Oxenstierna
Which French chief minister declared war on Spain in 1635?
Answer
Cardinal Richelieu
Which elector of Saxony signed the Peace of Prague with Ferdinand II in 1635?
Answer
John George I
Which Swedish commander won the Battle of Jankau in 1645?
Answer
Lennart Torstensson
Which 1632 battle was fought near Nuremberg between Wallenstein and Gustavus Adolphus?
Answer
Battle of the Alte Veste
Which city was near the 1631 Battle of Breitenfeld?
Answer
Leipzig
Which 1631 treaty made France promise subsidies to Sweden?
Answer
Treaty of Bärwalde
Which 1626 battle saw Wallenstein defeat Ernst von Mansfeld?
Answer
Battle of Dessau Bridge
Which emperor issued the Bohemian Letter of Majesty in 1609?
Answer
Rudolf II
Which Spanish prince commanded at the Battle of Nördlingen?
Answer
Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand
Which battle in 1634 was a decisive Imperial-Spanish victory?
Answer
Battle of Nördlingen
Which treaty ended the Danish intervention in 1629?
Answer
Treaty of Lübeck
Which city was sacked and burned by Catholic forces in 1631?
Answer
Magdeburg
Which cardinal succeeded Richelieu as chief minister of France in 1642?
Answer
Jules Mazarin
Which Swedish general won the Battle of Wittstock in 1636?
Answer
Johan Banér
Which imperial general was killed at the Battle of Lützen?
Answer
Gottfried Heinrich zu Pappenheim
Which French general won the Battle of Rocroi in 1643?
Answer
Louis II de Bourbon
Which battle in 1620 effectively ended the Bohemian phase of the war?
Answer
Battle of White Mountain
Who commanded the Catholic League forces at the Battle of Breitenfeld in 1631?
Answer
Johann Tilly
Which treaty ended the war between Sweden and the Holy Roman Empire?
Answer
Treaty of Osnabrück
Which Swedish king died at the Battle of Lützen in 1632?
Answer
Gustavus Adolphus
Which general was assassinated in 1634?
Answer
Albrecht von Wallenstein
What was the name of the meeting of Federalists opposed to the War of 1812?
Answer
Hartford Convention