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medieval world part 1 jeopardy questions
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| {"questions": [ | |
| { | |
| "category": "Dates with 7", | |
| "value": 100, | |
| "question": "On this date Charles Martel stopped an invading army.", | |
| "answer": "What is 732?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Dates with 7", | |
| "value": 200, | |
| "question": "On this date, Augustus Romulus was killed.", | |
| "answer": "What is 476?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Dates with 7", | |
| "value": 300, | |
| "question": "On this date the Umayyad emperor was no more.", | |
| "answer": "What is 750?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Dates with 7", | |
| "value": 400, | |
| "question": "On this date Iberia was changed for ever", | |
| "answer": "what is 711?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Dates with 7", | |
| "value": 500, | |
| "question": "On this date the Crusading armies reached Constantinople", | |
| "answer": "What is 1097?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Dates with 7", | |
| "value": 600, | |
| "question": "On this date the leader of a new religion was born", | |
| "answer": "what is 570?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Dates with 7", | |
| "value": 700, | |
| "question": "Jerusalem was conquered by the Turks", | |
| "answer": "what is 1075?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Dates with 7", | |
| "value": 800, | |
| "question": "On this date Roman Emperor Valens was killed", | |
| "answer": "What is 378?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Monks", | |
| "value": 100, | |
| "question": "Benedict established a monastery on this Italian hillside", | |
| "answer": "What is Monte Cassino?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Monks", | |
| "value": 200, | |
| "question": "This was the central virtue in Benedict's rule", | |
| "answer": "What is humility?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Monks", | |
| "value": 300, | |
| "question": "In 909 this reform order was founded", | |
| "answer": "What is Cluny?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Monks", | |
| "value": 400, | |
| "question": "These were churches and monasteries that payed homage to a local lord, who in turn controlled who became bishops and abbots of said churches and monasteries.", | |
| "answer": "What are proprietary churches/monasteries?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "People in Charge", | |
| "value": 100, | |
| "question": "These kings had long hair.", | |
| "answer": "Who are the Merovingians?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "People in Charge", | |
| "value": 200, | |
| "question": "This Pope crowned an emperor on Christmas Day", | |
| "answer": "Who is Pope Leo III?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "People in Charge", | |
| "value": 300, | |
| "question": "In the Summer of 1095 this emperor called for help", | |
| "answer": "Who is Alexios I" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "People in Charge", | |
| "value": 400, | |
| "question": "He dethroned the child king Augustulus Romulus", | |
| "answer": "Who is Odavacer?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "People in Charge", | |
| "value": 500, | |
| "question": "This warrior united the Frankish clans for the first time", | |
| "answer": "Who is Clovis I?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "People in Charge", | |
| "value": 600, | |
| "question": "He really didn't like Gregory VII", | |
| "answer": "Who is Henry IV?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Carolingians", | |
| "value": 100, | |
| "question": "He was the Hammer", | |
| "answer": "Who was Charles Martel?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Carolingians", | |
| "value": 200, | |
| "question": "His reign was marked by Viking raids, civil war, and disintegration.", | |
| "answer": "Who was Louis the Pious?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Carolingians", | |
| "value": 300, | |
| "question": "It divided the Carolingian empire into three parts", | |
| "answer": "What is the Treaty of Verdun?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Carolingians", | |
| "value": 400, | |
| "question": "After the division of the empire, he ruled the eastern third of the empire.", | |
| "answer": "Who is Louis the German?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Carolingians", | |
| "value": 500, | |
| "question": "After the division of the empire, he ruled the western third of the empire", | |
| "answer": "Who is Charles the Bald?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Carolingians", | |
| "value": 600, | |
| "question": "The eldest son of Louis the Pious", | |
| "answer": "Who is Lothar?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "In the East", | |
| "value": 100, | |
| "question": "This was constructed after Alaric sacked Rome", | |
| "answer": "What is the Theodosian wall?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "In the East", | |
| "value": 200, | |
| "question": "This empire attacked Constantinople in 626 with the help of the Avars and the Slavs", | |
| "answer": "Who are the Sassanids" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "In the East", | |
| "value": 300, | |
| "question": "The Crusader Baldwin took over this Eastern city instead of heading on to Jerusalem", | |
| "answer": "What is Edessa?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "In the East", | |
| "value": 400, | |
| "question": "This emperor helped established important law codes and had a plagued named after him.", | |
| "answer": "Who is Justinian?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "In the East", | |
| "value": 500, | |
| "question": "This Battle marked the end of Byzantine power in Anatolia", | |
| "answer": "What is the battle of Manzikert?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "In the East", | |
| "value": 600, | |
| "question": "This Emperor and his son hated pictures", | |
| "answer": "Who is Emperor Leo III?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Islam", | |
| "value": 100, | |
| "question": "This was the dominant tribe who controlled Mecca during the life of Muhammad", | |
| "answer": "Who are the Quraish?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Islam", | |
| "value": 200, | |
| "question": "These Muslims believe that Ali was the appointed successor of Muhammad", | |
| "answer": "Who are the Shiites?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Islam", | |
| "value": 300, | |
| "question": "In 10 years, he expanded the Islamic empire to include Persia and most of the Mediterranean", | |
| "answer": "Who is Umar?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Islam", | |
| "value": 400, | |
| "question": "This is the name for Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina", | |
| "answer": "What is the Hijra" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Islam", | |
| "value": 500, | |
| "question": "The Sunna of the Prophet are found here?", | |
| "answer": "What is the hadith?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Islam", | |
| "value": 600, | |
| "question": "This library and translation center was established in Baghdad under the Abbasids in the 9th century.", | |
| "answer": "What is the house of wisdom?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Islam", | |
| "value": 700, | |
| "question": "He was the first Islamic Caliph and father of Muhammad's wife Aisha", | |
| "answer": "Who is Abu Baker?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Islam", | |
| "value": 800, | |
| "question": "He helped established the science of Fiqh and the regulation of the hadith literature", | |
| "answer": "Who is Al-Shafi" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Falling Rome", | |
| "value": 100, | |
| "question": "These reforms split the empire", | |
| "answer": "What are the Diocletian Reforms?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Falling Rome", | |
| "value": 200, | |
| "question": "This barbarian tribe sacked Rome in 410", | |
| "answer": "Who are the Visigoths?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Falling Rome", | |
| "value": 300, | |
| "question": "This is the century of Roman imperial crisis.", | |
| "answer": "What is the third century?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Falling Rome", | |
| "value": 400, | |
| "question": "During the crises of the 3rd century (and after) Roman power shifted from its traditional home to these places", | |
| "answer": "What are the provinces?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Falling Rome", | |
| "value": 500, | |
| "question": "At this council, a specific brand of Christianity was established and promoted by the Roman Imperium.", | |
| "answer": "What is the council of Nicaea?" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "category": "Falling Rome", | |
| "value": 600, | |
| "question": "This edict established Christianity as a Roman State religion", | |
| "answer": "What is the Edict of Thessalonica (380)?" | |
| } | |
| ]} |
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