About Medieval History Quiz #849
Medieval History Quiz #849 was the quiz for Thursday, October 29, 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 #849
- In legend, who was King Arthur's queen?
- What were the alternating high and low sections along the top of a castle wall called?
- What were the large woven wall hangings that decorated castle rooms and helped keep out draughts called?
- Who was the only woman to rule China as emperor in her own name?
- Which king of Wessex defeated a large Viking army at the Battle of Edington in 878?
- What was a poet and musician of southern France who sang of courtly love called?
- Which secret weapon did Byzantine ships spray as a flaming liquid at enemy fleets?
- What is the period of relative peace and safe trade across the Mongol Empire in the 1200s and 1300s called?
- Which empire took over much of the Mali Empire's lands in the 1400s, ruling from the city of Gao?
- Which kind of fortress had rings of walls inside walls, so attackers faced more than one line of defence?
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Other days of Medieval History Quiz
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- Medieval History Quiz #846, Oct 26
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