13th Century Trivia
From Genghis Khan's world-conquering 'tanks' to the invention of eyeglasses, see if you're smart enough to survive the Middle Ages without getting excommunicated.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
The Mongol Empire’s unification of Eurasia during the 13th century created a period of stability that secured which legendary network of trade routes?
The Silk Road
Besides the summer and winter solstices, Cahokia's Woodhenge was used to track sunrises during which other two seasonal solar events?
Equinoxes
King John, the monarch famous for sealing the Magna Carta, was the youngest son of Henry II and which powerful European queen?
Eleanor of Aquitaine
While leading the Albigensian Crusade in 1218, Simon de Montfort was killed by a projectile during the siege of which southern French city?
Toulouse
Often protected by wet animal hides to prevent fire, what tall mobile structures allowed medieval soldiers to reach the top of fortification walls?
Siege towers