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game[0][0]=new Array ("Who was the founder of the Ottoman dynasty?","Osman","Selim","Suleiman","Bayezid","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][1]=new Array ("Which holy cities were captured in Egypt and Syria in 1516?","Mecca and Medina","Jersualem and Bethlehem","Canterbury and Toulouse","Paris and Buda","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][2]=new Array ("The Ottomans originated from the frontier land between Christianity and Islam. What was this area called?","Anatolia","Rumelia","Safavid Empire","The Balkans","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][3]=new Array ("The capture of Constantinople in 1453 from the Christians marked the beginning of the Ottoman Golden Age. Who captured it?","Mehmed the Conqueror","Selim the Grim","Suleiman the Magnificent","Bayezid II","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][4]=new Array ("The capture of Egypt and Syria brought religious and economic benefits to the Ottomans. In what year did they take place?","1517","1504","1512","1509","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][5]=new Array ("Who captured the lands of Egypt and Syria?","Selim the Grim","Bayezid II","Suleiman the Magnificent","Mehmed the Conqueror","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][6]=new Array ("What holy title, meaning 'Leader of Islam', did the conquest of Syria and Egypt bring to the Ottoman Sultan?","Caliph","Khan","Ghazi","Caesar","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][7]=new Array ("The concept of Holy War gave the Ottomans a great deal of dynamism and high morale. We call this...?","Jihad","Fatwa","Ghazi","Caliph","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][8]=new Array ("The Ottomans, who were Sunni Muslims, faced opposition from the Safavids in the East because they were what sort of Muslims?","Shi'ite","Orthodox","Protestant","Catholic","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][9]=new Array ("Venice was a thorn in Suleyman's side in the Mediterranean. Which of the following islands was not part of the Venetian Empire in 1520?","Rhodes","Corfu","Crete","Cyprus","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][10]=new Array ("Who was the fabled leader of the Corsair pirates who became Grand Admiral of the Ottoman fleet?","Barabarossa","Andrea Doria","Francis Drake","Rustem Pasha","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][11]=new Array ("Which country acted as a buffer zone between the Suleyman and Charles V in mainland Europe?","Hungary","Austria","Serbia","Bosnia","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][12]=new Array ("Following their defeat by the Ottomans, Charles V gave the Knights of St. John which island as a permanent home?","Malta","Cyprus","Corfu","Crete","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][13]=new Array ("Suleyman clashed with the Habsburgs on the North African coast. Which of the following was NOT an arena of conflict?","Morocco","Algiers","Tunis","Tripoli","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[0][14]=new Array ("Which one of the following was NOT one of Charles V's mediterranean possessions?","Corfu","Naples","Sicily","Sardinia","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][0]=new Array ("Which tribe controlled Egypt and Syria before the Ottoman conquest of 1517?","Mamluks","Safavids","Seljuks","Mongols","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][1]=new Array ("The rival empire in the East was called the...?","Safavid","Mamluk","Seljuk","Habsburg","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][2]=new Array ("Which tribes fought for control of Anatolia before the Ottomans emerged victorious?","Seljuks","Mamluks","Safavids","Mongols","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][3]=new Array ("Suleyman followed the defeat of Belgrade in 1521 by defeating the Hungarian King in 1526 at the Battle of...?","Mohacs","Buda","Baghdad","The Bulge","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][4]=new Array ("Who did Suleyman install as puppet ruler in his half of Hungary after the Battle of Mohacs?","Zapolyai","Ziggy","Sigismund","Attila","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][5]=new Array ("The distance of Hungary from Istanbul meant that despite victory at Mohacs, Suleyman had to share Hungary with...?","Ferdinand of Austria","Ferdinand of Aragon","Henry VIII","Francis I","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][6]=new Array ("Suleyman's failed siege of which city in 1529 showed that the Empire had reached its limits in Western Europe?","Vienna","Paris","Berlin","London","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][7]=new Array ("Which Grand Vezir defeated the Mamluk rebellion in Egypt and Syria in 1520?","Ibrahim Pasha","Rustem Pasha","Sokallu","Barbarossa","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][8]=new Array ("Suleyman's wise legal reforms in Egypt and Syria helped to gain him the title of 'lawgiver' or...?","Kanuni","Khan","Caliph","Ghazi","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][9]=new Array ("A main reason for Ottoman success was the division between Christian powers, shown most clearly in the Holy Alliance of....?","1538","1525","1541","1505","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][10]=new Array ("Who succeeded Barbarossa as Grand Admiral of the Ottoman fleet?","Dragut","Doria","Ibrahim","Roxelana","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][11]=new Array ("How many Hungarians were killed at the Battle of Mohacs?","20,000","5,000","10,000","50,000","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][12]=new Array ("Suleyman cleverly played European rulers off against each other. For example, he formed an alliance with France against the Holy Roman Empire in...?","1538","1536","1534","1532","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][13]=new Array ("The Holy League of Venice, the Holy Roman Empire and the Papacy was defeated in 1538 in the Battle of...?","Prevesa","Otranto","Lepanto","Mohacs","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");game[1][14]=new Array ("Suleyman died whilst on campaign against which country in 1566?","Hungary","Iraq","Naples","Venice","RJ Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk)");