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Amazing Facts in History (Crusades - Renaissance)
Amazing Facts in History (Crusades - Renaissance)
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1
Which of the following services did barbers provide during the Renaissance?
collected blood
pierced ears
cut hair
cleaned teeth
2
Who had the healthiest diet during the Renaissance?
royalty
wealthy people
the poor
clergymen
3
In 1032, Pope Benedict IX became at age:
12
21
5
92
4
During Elizabethan times, clothes were washed:
weekly
once a month
never
once a year
5
King Louis XV had a secret:
bedroom
wife
handshake
title
6
Church towers were sometimes used as
astronomical observatories
beehives
a home for friars
Nunneries
7
During the Renaissance, in order to protect themselves from the sun, some people wore:
sunscreen
masks
sunglasses
chicken fat
8
During the Renaissance, it was thought that epilepsy was cured by drinking spring water from:
the skull of a murder victim
a maiden's shoe
a knight's helmet
a cup that had been blessed
9
If a prisoner confessed to heresy before execution, he was shown mercy and
baptized
set free
given a life sentence
strangled
10
The nursery rhyme "Ring-a-Round the Roses" is a rhyme about:
Queen Rosemary
the Crusades
the plague
Joan of Arc
11
When the Muslims planned their battles with the Franks, they wanted the battle to:
be on horseback
be fought at sunrise
last a long time
be in the winter
12
Saladin, a Muslim sultan, was so successful in battle that when he returned home:
he was chosen to lead an army
the price of slaves fell
he was made pope
he was made a sultan for life
13
During the Renaissance, dinner guests brought their own ___.
knives
plates
wine
food
14
In order to avoid the plague, a common treatments was to drink four ounces of:
gin
rat's blood
mummy
swamp water
15
Finding which of the following is NOT considered motivation for Columbus and others to explore?
Tobacco
gold
a trade route to the east
a route for the conquest of Jerusalem
16
During the Renaissance, those who were sent to prisons were usually:
allowed to leave whenever they wanted
sent there for life
kept in chains
dead within a year
17
The person who tortured prisoners suspected of heresy was usually a:
priest
jailer
mayor
soldier
18
Which of the following was NOT involved in a Crusade?
St. Louis
St. Joan
Richard the Lionhearted
Walter the Penniless
19
During the first crusade, most crusaders were armed with:
bows and arrows
swords
nothing
clubs
20
During the Renaissance, most Italian women had:
brown hair
blonde hair
black hair
red hair
21
King Louis XV once went to a costume ball as:
his wife
himself
Louis XIV
a tree
22
In 1098, the crusaders in Antioch refused to fight. When they commanders heard this, they:
made them slaves
had them excommunicated
killed them
set their houses on fire
23
Each year, about 4,000 of these were abandoned in Paris:
wives
newborn infants
elderly parents
snakes
24
On the London Bridge, there were a number of poles. On these poles were:
sentries (guards)
flags
severed heads of traitors
acrobats
25
In the palace, when someone wanted to enter a room, they would:
bang their head on the door
knock
just walk in
scratch at the door
26
Prisoners found guilty of heresy were forced to march in a procession and wear:
an upside-down cross
letter "H" on his forehead
mask of a devil
a Dunce's cap
27
When Louis XV was 15 years old, he broke of his engagement to a Spanish princess who was:
7 years old
his stepsister
his cousin
a bullfighter
28
A person could be charged with heresy for all of the following EXCEPT?
not bathing
not drinking alcohol
smiling at the name of the Virgin Mary
not eating pork
29
From 1500 to 1650, women often went to church dressed in:
men's clothes
rags
armor
their nightgowns
30
Sailor's often bragged about the fact that they:
had sailed around the world
were not able to swim
had many tattoos
could hold their breath for 4 minutes
31
During the Middle Ages, most children did not survive to the age of:
15
20
5
10