History Quiz

[minionofmidas]

Actually, it's Hapsburg not Habsburg.

Actually, "Hapsburg" is a variant spelling of "Habsburg."

And purely an American one at that.
I suppose your family tree was researched by one.

[minionofmidas]

2. Calvin was under whose pupillage during his exile from Geneva in Strassburg (modern day Strasbourg)?
Erasmus. [/blind guess]
6. Which Radical was banished by Frederick the Wise following his Sermon before the Princes and later was a leader of the Peasant's Revolt?
Thomas Müntzer
7. With which French King did Duke Maurice of Saxony make an agreement against the Holy Roman Empire Charles V in 1552?
Henry II
8. In which battle was Huldrych Zwingli killed in 1531?
No idea.

[minionofmidas]

Actually, it's Hapsburg not Habsburg.

Actually, "Hapsburg" is a variant spelling of "Habsburg."

And purely an American one at that.
I suppose your family tree was researched by one.

Yes. But our relatives in Austria/Italy have a lot of communication with us.

Yes. Whoever wrote this just may have used the spelling he thought his (American) readers would find more familiar, even though he knew noone else would.

[minionofmidas]

An Act to provide for the future government of Ireland?


As to the Zwingli question, I've looked it up, so answering this would not be fair. Very interesting character, Zwingli. Sounds much much better than Luther and Calvin. As to the Calvin question, I tried to look that up and found two possible answers that you may have had in mind, but not a correct one.

[minionofmidas]

The only answers I knew are two and three.

[minionofmidas]

Dock workers.