What frontier zone did Charlemagne establish south of the Pyrenees?
Answer
Spanish March
79 Charlemagne Trivia Questions with Answers
79 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which script was standardized and spread under Charlemagne's reforms?
Answer
Carolingian minuscule
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
Which brother shared Frankish rule with Charlemagne until 771?
Answer
Carloman I
In which building was Charlemagne buried?
Answer
Aachen Cathedral
Which son succeeded Charlemagne as emperor?
Answer
Louis the Pious
Who was Charlemagne's mother?
Answer
Bertrada of Laon
What Latin name is Charlemagne also known by?
Answer
Carolus Magnus
Which pope crowned Charlemagne emperor in Rome?
Answer
Pope Leo III
Which dynasty did Charlemagne belong to?
Answer
Carolingian dynasty
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
Charlemagne's most famous sword is called?
Answer
Joyeuse
In what year did Charlemagne die?
Answer
814
Charlemagne's father was named?
Answer
Pepin the Short
What animal did Charlemagne receive from the Abbasid caliph?
Answer
Elephant
Charlemagne was king of which Germanic tribe?
Answer
Franks
What is the name of Charlemagne's capital city?
Answer
Aachen