World History A-Z Quiz

Letter		Clue
A		Civilization centered around Tenochtitlan
B		'The Liberator' of much of South America
C		Hannibal was a general for this anti-Rome city
D		Famous painter of the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
E		An African nation that successfully resisted European imperialism
F		The assassination of this man led to World War I
G		First great Mongol ruler
H		Ammorite leader famous for his code of laws
I		Civilization centered in Andes Mountains
J		Roman leader killed by Brutus
K		The 'Shakespeare' of sanskrit
L		Nailed 95 Theses starting the Protestant Reformation
M		Mansa Musa was the wealthy ruler of this African Empire

Letter		Clue
N		French leader who conquered much of Europe
O		Group that finally defeated the Byzantine Empire
P		Greek philosopher and student of Socrates
Q		Dynasty during which the Terra Cotta Army was made
R		Cultural movement beginning in Florence, Italy
S		Nickname of Louis XIV of France
T		Title held by the rulers of Russia prior to 1917
U		Pope who called for the Crusades
V		Roman poet of the Aeneid
W		The 'Peace of ___' ended the Thirty Years' War
X		Persian ruler who attacked the Greeks at Thermopylae
Y		First shogun of Japan
Z		Sumerian pyramid

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World History A-Z Quiz

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Created Jan 26, 2011 in History
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	Sporctastic:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 04:18 GMT		10 points
	Anyone else try 'Yoshimitsu?'

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	halophex:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 04:43 GMT		30 points
	sanskrit Shakespeare - K? umm...lemme try Kama Sutra. Nope. OK it's official - I'm a perv.

	druhutch:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 04:58 GMT		4 points
	I just kept thinking, 'I've heard of this...Humberrata's code! Handarandi's code! Humannaptra's code!'

	Pogues:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 05:15 GMT		44 points
	The flipping back and forth of letters between first names and last names is my only complaint about this quiz. I'd like to see a little consistency, though the J for Julius Caesar makes the most sense.

	mneh:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 05:16 GMT		100 points
	Putting Leonardo under D for "da Vinci" is like putting Joan under O for "of Arc."

	ahamilton:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 05:24 GMT		24 points
	Sporcle moment: got ziggurat, Xerxes, and Westphalia but missed Julius Caesar.

	Kjw72292:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 05:43 GMT		5 points
	C, K, and Y gave me some trouble, but this is definitely one of my favorite quizzes, as I am also a lover of history. Five globes for sure.

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	blue9254:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 06:14 GMT		6 points
	Delightfully challenging. Very good mix.

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	Riko:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 06:57 GMT		17 points
	You couldn't think of something better for 'D' than an Italian preposition? I know it's how many people refer to him, but please stop doing anything that propagates the myth that 'daVinci' was Leonardo's surname.

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	halophex:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 07:46 GMT		6 points
	Actually 'da' means of. The 'da' may function to say Leonardo was a descendant of Vinci. but 'da' still means of.

	Noobleton:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 07:50 GMT		33 points
	Thanks go to the Civilization series of games; they helped me get about half the answers I got :D

	WeaselKing1000:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 08:23 GMT		-3 points
	Accept 'Manding', 'Mandingo', or 'Manden' for 'Malian', since all the alternate names start with the same letter anyway. I'd only ever heard of it as the Manding Empire.

	maaxwell:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 08:51 GMT		1 point
	Shame that a lot of people will only get Xerxes on account of that diabolical movie

	asafe:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 09:39 GMT		23 points
	I've never heard anyone refer to Archduke Franz Ferdinand as Francis Ferdinand before:) Fun quiz though, maybe some sequels?

	General:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 09:59 GMT		5 points
	@ asafe: I'm with you there. The band "Franz Ferdinand" might have to change their name to "Francis Ferdinand". :D

	FritztheSpritz:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 09:59 GMT		4 points
	asafe: Bit of an unfortunate way of being remembered, I always thought.

	zeppelinoid:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 10:36 GMT		12 points
	Top quiz - Five Globes. A couple of minor quibbles. I tried about 10 spellings of Genghis before I realised that you also required Khan. That was his title not technically part of his name. I also agree that Leonardo da Vinci should be filed under either L or V. Not a big problem as I would imagine everyone will know what you mean.

	emilkr:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 10:49 GMT		5 points
	Fun quiz but you would have no problem finding somone or something other than da Vinci for "D". "da" is, as has been pointed out, a preposition and refers to the village Vinci where he was born (No, climber, it's not a family name). You could just as well have Alexander the Great for "T". And yes, I know "the" is an article and "da" is a preposition but none the less it is just as lame.

	tyant649:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 11:57 GMT		8 points
	It's Da Vinci not DaVinci!

	ALostForest:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 12:09 GMT		9 points
	I couldn't spell "Renaissance" to save my life...

	zewa:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 12:38 GMT		7 points
	Great quiz, just 2 remarks : 1. Please accept Soleil or Roi soleil or Soleil King for Louis XIV, 2. When you put Bolivar - Simón Bolívar comes up then you should replace Napoleon Bonaparte with Napoléon Bonaparte for coherence reasons (native languages for both or none) Sequel please!!!

	pgrossma:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 12:44 GMT		4 points
	Sometimes, you are using people's first names and sometimes last, surely there are enough people in history that you could be consistent with which name the letter applies to. otherwise, fun quiz.

	yodasmom1148:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 13:10 GMT		2 points
	good quiz, but should have accept last names only.

	TheInquisitor:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 13:22 GMT		2 points
	this goes to my favorite history quizzes! Should accept Westfalen for Westphalia, as it is the german spelling of a german city.