About Medieval History Quiz #840
Medieval History Quiz #840 was the quiz for Tuesday, October 20, 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 #840
- What was a court entertainer who amused the lord with jokes, songs and tricks called?
- What were the narrow openings in castle walls that archers shot through called?
- What was a mounted warrior who served a lord in medieval Europe called?
- Which king founded the Tudor dynasty after winning the Battle of Bosworth in 1485?
- Which Italian sea-trading republic, a great rival of Venice, was the home town of Christopher Columbus?
- What was a lord's estate, with its fields, village and house, called?
- Which queen was married first to the king of France and then to King Henry II of England?
- Which Italian mathematician helped spread Hindu-Arabic numerals in Europe with his book Liber Abaci in 1202?
- The medieval Kingdom of Benin, famous for its brass plaques and heads, was in which present-day country?
- Which Frankish leader defeated an Umayyad army from al-Andalus at the Battle of Tours in 732?
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