79 The Ottoman Empire Trivia Questions with Answers
79 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Ottoman sultan abolished the Janissary corps in 1826?
Answer
Mahmud II
Who was the last reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire?
Answer
Mehmed VI
Which Ottoman admiral was known as Barbarossa?
Answer
Hayreddin Barbarossa
Which Ottoman sultan is commonly known as 'the Conqueror'?
Answer
Mehmed II
In which siege did the Ottomans fail to capture Belgrade in 1456?
Answer
Siege of Belgrade
Which Ottoman sultan was known as 'Yavuz' (the Grim)?
Answer
Selim I
What was the first major naval victory of the Ottoman Empire against a European fleet?
Answer
Battle of Zonchio
Which Ottoman sultan was killed by his own Janissaries in 1622?
Answer
Osman II
What was the Ottoman name for the elite cavalry force?
Answer
Sipahis
Which Ottoman sultan ordered the construction of the Süleymaniye Mosque?
Answer
Suleiman I
What was the title used by the chief minister of the Ottoman sultan?
Answer
Grand Vizier
Which treaty ended the Ottoman–Habsburg wars in 1699, ceding Hungary to Austria?
Answer
Treaty of Karlowitz
In which battle did the Ottoman navy suffer a major defeat by the Holy League in 1571?
Answer
Battle of Lepanto
Which body of water did the Ottoman Empire border to the north?
Answer
Black Sea
What was the name of the founder of the Ottoman dynasty?
Answer
Osman I
Which Ottoman sultan was known as "the Magnificent" in the West?
Answer
Suleiman I
Which city served as the capital of the Ottoman Empire from 1453 to 1922?
Answer
Constantinople
What was the name of the elite infantry units of the Ottoman Empire?
Answer
Janissaries
Which Ottoman sultan conquered Constantinople in 1453?
Answer
Mehmed II