History
The “Rulers and leaders” quiz — History. It has 25 questions in five categories: Women in power, Royal epithets, Symbols of power, Laws and edicts, Royal abdications. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Which archduchess was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions, initiating sweeping reforms?
Which Tang dynasty ruler became the only woman in Chinese history to officially assume the title of emperor?
Which 3rd-century queen of…
In the gameUnder which female monarch…
In the gameWhich Byzantine empress deposed…
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Which monarch ruled France for over seven decades, built Versailles, and came to embody absolutism as the "Sun King"?
Which English king, son of Henry II, spent nearly his entire reign on the Third Crusade and fighting in France?
Which 10th-century king united…
In the gameWhich polyglot Holy Roman…
In the gameWhich Byzantine emperor of…
In the gameWhich spherical royal regalia topped with a cross represents monarchical rule over the Christian world?
Which sacred block of sandstone was placed beneath the coronation chair for Scottish and British monarchs?
Which crown of the…
In the gameWhich historic crown with…
In the gameWhich jewelled seat of…
In the gameWhich 313 AD proclamation issued by Constantine and Licinius granted religious tolerance to Christianity in Rome?
Which 1598 decree by King Henry IV granted French Huguenots religious tolerance and ended the Wars of Religion?
Which 6th-century compilation of…
In the gameWhich 212 AD imperial…
In the gameWhich era of modernization…
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Which Holy Roman Emperor abdicated in 1556, divided his realm between his son and brother, and retired to Yuste?
Which Roman emperor voluntarily abdicated in 305 AD and famously refused to return to power to tend his cabbages?
Which 17th-century Swedish queen…
In the gameWhich Scottish queen was…
In the gameWhich King of Egypt…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.