Ottoman Empire Quiz - 64 Trivia Questions!
Step into the vast and complex world of the Ottoman Empire with this quiz. Explore its rise, expansion, and eventual decline, as well as the cultural and historical legacy it left across the Middle East, Europe, and North Africa.
Who is credited with introducing Western scientific ideas and developments to the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century?
Who designed the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul in the 16th century?
What was the name of the Ottoman admiral who defeated the Holy League at the Battle of Preveza in 1538?
Who was the King of France at the opening of the Universal Exposition in Paris in 1867?
Who was the leader of the Turkish Nationalists who won independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1922?
Who was the founder of the Ottoman Empire?
Which British Prime Minister was responsible for the restoration of the Ottoman Empire in 1878?
Who painted the fresco 'Order of the Battle of Lepanto'?
What was the prevailing religion in the Ottoman Empire?
What colour are the Kurds on a map of the Ottoman Empire?
Which country has had a major influence on Ottoman literature in the 19th century?
Which American inventor received an Ottoman patent for the telegraph in 1847?
What is the name of the art form traditionally used to illustrate manuscripts in the Ottoman Empire?
Which island was conquered by France and the Ottoman Empire in 1553?
Which country annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina from the Ottoman Empire in 1908?
What was the major scourge of Ottoman society until the second quarter of the 19th century?
In which war did the Janissaries fight?
Between 1783 and 1913, approximately 3.8 million refugees flooded into the Ottoman Empire from which country?
What name is given to the rhythmic units of Ottoman classical music?
What were the administrative units of the Ottoman Empire?
What war was fought from the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the breakup of Yugoslavia?
What ethnic group was massacred by the Ottoman Empire between 1894 and 1896?
What was the name of the first Turkish football club, founded in Constantinople in 1905?
What is the name of the judge in the Ottoman legal system?
What is the name of the calligraphic monogram on the seal of an Ottoman sultan?
At which English shipyard was the Ottoman navy's first submarine built in 1886?
Which country was an ally of the Ottoman Empire during the Great Northern War of 1700-1721?
Which treaty of 1920 ended the Ottoman Empire?
Which agreement led to the division of the Middle East between Britain and France?
In which century was the first official census of the Ottoman Empire?
Which country is referred to in the title of a 2004 book by Norman Stone as 'Russia's Mirror'?
What was the former name of Turkey?
What is the dominant form of literature in the Ottoman Empire?
Which Turkish port had a population of 150,000 in 1800 and 300,000 in 1914?
What name was given to the sociopolitical system developed by the Ottoman Empire that granted non-Muslims a large degree of
The Millet System was an early example of what?
Which war was fought between 1768 and 1774 and ended by the Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarca?
What empire was ruled by a line of Sultans in the 15th and 16th centuries?
The presidency of the Ottoman Public Debt Administration alternated between which two European countries in the 19th century?
What architectural style was popular in the Ottoman Empire?
What was the name of the empire that was a rival to the Russian Empire and the British Empire?
What was the capital of the Ottoman Empire?
What was the highest position in the Ottoman Empire?
Who was the son of King Hussein of Jordan who became King of Syria in 1922?
Which European city hosted the first congress of the European Union in 1815?
In World War I, where did the Ottomans successfully defend the Dardanelles strait?
What was discovered by the Portuguese in 1488?
Which war caused an exodus of the Crimean Tatars, about 200,000 of whom moved to the Ottoman Empire in continuing waves of
In which country did a plague kill around one-sixth of the population in 1785?
Who was the Ottoman Sultan of Egypt from 1839 to 1841?
In 1570, the Ottoman Empire conquered which island?
The Ottoman Empire was ruled by the Rum Millet, a group of Christians from what era?
What is the name of the sweet dessert that originated in the Ottoman Empire?
The 1739 Treaty of Belgrade ended the war between Austria and Turkey by ceding which city to the Ottomans?
What was the name of the tax paid by non-Muslims in the Ottoman Empire?
What was the legal system of the Ottoman Empire?
What was the name of the Austrian family that ruled Austria during the Ottoman Empire?
What was the name of the legal system in the Ottoman Empire?
Who was the leader of the Albanian forces who defeated the Ottomans at the Battle of Varna in 1444?
Who led Turkey to independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1922?
Mehmed the Conqueror conquered which city in 1453?
What name is given to the territory of a Beylerbey?
What name is given to the decorative art of painting on books in the Ottoman Empire?
What was the name of the Ottoman army?