greatreporter.com, October 8th, 2007
Question 1 of 10:
Which Renaissance masterpiece did
Leonardo da
Vinci
complete in 1506?
The Last Supper
The Mona Lisa
The Madonna Litta
The Proportions of Man
Question 2 of 10:
In 1513, the Italian thinker
Machiavelli
published which notoriously amoral book on power and politics?
The Devil
The Patriarch
The Overman
The Prince
Question 3 of 10:
Martin
Luther
launched the Protestant Reformation in 1517 after posting what on the door of Wittenburg Church?
The 95 Theses
The Wittenburg Bible
The Vulgate
The Apocrypha
Question 4 of 10:
In 1541, Spanish conquistadors in
America
went to seek the El Dorado-style myth, La Canela. What did they hope to find?
Cinnamon
Gold
Emeralds
Coffee
Question 5 of 10:
Henry VIII died in 1547: which of his six wives survived him by more than two years?
Catherine of Aragon
Anne of Cleves
Catherine
Howard
Catherine
Parr
Question 6 of 10:
Who was beheaded for treason in 1554 by
Mary I, after claiming the throne for only nine days the previous year?
Mary
, Queen of Scots
Lady Jane
Grey
Jane
Seymour
Anne
Boleyn
Question 7 of 10:
Flemish
cartographer
Gerard de
Kremer
revolutionised sea travel with what invention of 1569?
Lines of latitude
Portolan
Sextant
Mercator projection
Question 8 of 10:
Francis
Drake
set off to circumnavigate the globe in 1577. What was the name of his ship?
The Golden Hind
The Cutty Sark
The Mayflower
The Argo
Question 9 of 10:
Who pledged to reconvert the English to the true Catholic faith by launching the Spanish Armada in 1588?
Duke of Parma
Philip II
Ferdinand I
Francis I
Question 10 of 10:
1593 saw the death of the playwright and spy
Christopher
Marlowe
. How did he perish?
In a duel
Run over by a horse
He was hanged
In a pub brawl
