Question 1

This man rode War Elephants from Africa across the Roman Republic and down through the alps - where he pillaged for 15 years! Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Hannibal Barca - I can’t even begin to explain the hate this man had. He wanted for nothing but the death of Rome.

Question 2

This ancient hater of Rome microdosed poison daily for years due to his paranoia. Relentless, he always managed to keep his Anatolian kingdom out of Roman rule.

Accepted Answer

Mithridates  - Despite his poison resistance, he chose to end his life via poison. This did not work very well and his life was taken by servants.

Question 3

This legendary ruler dedicated his life to writing an entire book on how to conjure and conquer demons, only to be bested by one. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

King Solomon - Known for writing “The Lesser Key of Solomon” which can still be read today.

Question 4

This “explorer” and sexual deviant tore through everywhere he went, enslaving, murdering, torturing and spreading disease. He is said to have slept with a mermaid, or more precisely, a Manatee.

Accepted Answer

Christopher Columbus - Lied about being the first man aboard to see land, reward promised for which was a lifetime pension. He claimed to see a light on land, but was not possible due to distance and the Earth’s curvature.

Question 5

This ruler wanted to sleep around without consequence, against church doctrine. He decided to splinter his nation’s religion to allow his many divorces.

Accepted Answer

King Henry VIII

Question 6

This empire was the one to finally end the Romans for good - by seizing Constantinople from the Eastern Romans.

Accepted Answer

The Ottomans - Weird fact: Byzantine is a newer, somewhat derogatory term created to avoid calling the eastern Romans, Romans.

Question 7

This Emperor conquered almost all of Europe before moving to invade Russia in the winter, a fact he knew would be futile, yet still attempted.

Accepted Answer

Napoleon Bonaparte - He had many nicknames, such as “Europe’s nightmare” and “The monster of Corsica”

Question 8

This man was the ruler of a tiny and quite weak nation, facing a great threat. His tactic, to scare his enemies with such violence, they refused to further invade.

Accepted Answer

Vlad Tepes “Dracula” - Pretty impressive, really.

Question 9

A sexual criminal and deviant, a heretic, sorcerer, and a sudden prominent member of the Russian imperial court. He refused to die more than once, and is known as “lover of the Russian Queen”.

Accepted Answer

Grigori Rasputin  - The man, the myth and the legend. No one deserves this title more so.

Question 10

This famous king had an episode mid-conquest. A bridge was destroyed by the ocean, where he then ordered his men to whip and punish the sea itself.

Accepted Answer

King Xerxes I

Question 11

This man is almost solely responsible for the true fall of the western Romans. He meddled, lied and even had emperors assassinated. All because he could never be the emperor.

Accepted Answer

Ricimer the German - This is a thumbnail from one of my favorite YouTube channels: Maiorianus. Check him out for content about the late Roman Empire.

Question 12

The daughter of Henry VIII immediately sought to undo what he had done by burning Protestants at the stake in retribution for her Father divorcing her Mother.

Accepted Answer

Mary the first - Her nickname became “Bloody Mary”, something we all still know of.

Question 13

Some documentation of this man: killed his allegedly incestuous mom, kicked his pregnant wife to death, forced a boy who resembled her to be his wife, AND fiddled while Rome burned.

Accepted Answer

Nero - The accuracy of this info is debated. But is most commonly associated with him.

Question 14

The German Kaiser of WW1 may not have started the war, but he continued it, almost solely on the shoulders of Germany at the end. He removed peaceful policies in favor of power.

Accepted Answer

Wilhelm II - Lived the remainder of his life in painful exile. Stupid games win stupid prizes.

Question 15

This empire was named in honor of Rome, while Roman citizens still lived on in the East. Often, the rulers of this empire and its many princes would inbreed to keep power in the family.

Accepted Answer

Holy Roman Empire - Voltaire said that this empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

Question 16

This man is the deadliest sniper in history, with over 500 kills earning the nickname “The White Death”.

Accepted Answer

Simo Häyhä

Question 17

This inventor took advantage of Nikola Tesla, refusing to pay him for work done to improve his technology. Consistently ran smear campaigns against him with obvious lies

Accepted Answer

Thomas Edison - Some of this info is now disputed, probably due to individuals trying to make Edison appear in a better light.

Question 18

This explorer brought down the Aztec Empire and began Spanish Colonization of the Americas. He was a conquistador, a killer, deceiver and much more.

Accepted Answer

Hernan Cortes - There’s really too much for me to type, it would be best to read for yourselves.

History’s biggest HATERS of the old world, do you know them all? Trivia

2) This ancient hater of Rome microdosed poison daily for years due to his paranoia. Relentless, he always managed to keep his Anatolian kingdom out of Roman rule.

3) This legendary ruler dedicated his life to writing an entire book on how to conjure and conquer demons, only to be bested by one. Who am I?

4) This “explorer” and sexual deviant tore through everywhere he went, enslaving, murdering, torturing and spreading disease. He is said to have slept with a mermaid, or more precisely, a Manatee.

5) This ruler wanted to sleep around without consequence, against church doctrine. He decided to splinter his nation’s religion to allow his many divorces.

6) This empire was the one to finally end the Romans for good - by seizing Constantinople from the Eastern Romans.

7) This Emperor conquered almost all of Europe before moving to invade Russia in the winter, a fact he knew would be futile, yet still attempted.

8) This man was the ruler of a tiny and quite weak nation, facing a great threat. His tactic, to scare his enemies with such violence, they refused to further invade.

9) A sexual criminal and deviant, a heretic, sorcerer, and a sudden prominent member of the Russian imperial court. He refused to die more than once, and is known as “lover of the Russian Queen”.

10) This famous king had an episode mid-conquest. A bridge was destroyed by the ocean, where he then ordered his men to whip and punish the sea itself.

11) This man is almost solely responsible for the true fall of the western Romans. He meddled, lied and even had emperors assassinated. All because he could never be the emperor.

12) The daughter of Henry VIII immediately sought to undo what he had done by burning Protestants at the stake in retribution for her Father divorcing her Mother.

13) Some documentation of this man: killed his allegedly incestuous mom, kicked his pregnant wife to death, forced a boy who resembled her to be his wife, AND fiddled while Rome burned.

14) The German Kaiser of WW1 may not have started the war, but he continued it, almost solely on the shoulders of Germany at the end. He removed peaceful policies in favor of power.

15) This empire was named in honor of Rome, while Roman citizens still lived on in the East. Often, the rulers of this empire and its many princes would inbreed to keep power in the family.

16) This man is the deadliest sniper in history, with over 500 kills earning the nickname “The White Death”.

17) This inventor took advantage of Nikola Tesla, refusing to pay him for work done to improve his technology. Consistently ran smear campaigns against him with obvious lies

18) This explorer brought down the Aztec Empire and began Spanish Colonization of the Americas. He was a conquistador, a killer, deceiver and much more.