About Medieval History Quiz #839
Medieval History Quiz #839 was the quiz for Monday, October 19, 2026: 10 questions: 3 easy, 4 medium and 3 hard. Everyone who played Medieval History Quiz that day got the same quiz, and it stays here to play for 60 days.
The questions of Medieval History Quiz #839
- Which explosive mixture was discovered by Chinese alchemists in the Tang dynasty?
- Which animal made the long trade journeys across the Sahara possible?
- Which country is named after the Franks, a Germanic people of the early Middle Ages?
- Which Scottish leader defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297?
- Which language did England's kings and nobles speak for about 300 years after the Norman Conquest?
- What did medieval crossbows shoot?
- Which city, now called Xi'an, was the capital of the Tang dynasty?
- Which dynasty of caliphs founded Baghdad as its new capital in 762?
- What was a skilled worker who had finished an apprenticeship but was not yet a master called?
- In which year is the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan traditionally said to have been founded?
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