Q 01/05

Europa Universalis IV begins the day after which 1444 battle, where a crusade against the Turks was crushed?

A) Kosovo

B) Nicopolis

C) Varna

D) Mohács

Answer · why

C) Varna

Varna, in what is now eastern Bulgaria, saw Sultan Murad II beat a crusade led by the young king of Poland and Hungary, whose body was never recovered...

Q 02/05

Which empire begins Europa Universalis IV with just Constantinople and three provinces in Greece?

A) Byzantium

B) Trebizond

C) Latin Empire

D) Serbia

Answer · why

A) Byzantium

Byzantium is the last remnant of the Eastern Roman Empire, and its missions push a player to retake the old imperial lands, Italy and Rome included. S...

Q 03/05

Which dynasty rules China as its emperor when Europa Universalis IV begins in 1444?

A) Yuan

B) Ming

C) Qing

D) Song

Answer · why

B) Ming

The Ming start out as Emperor of China, but a rival who defeats them and claims the Mandate of Heaven can strip the title away. By 1444 their great tr...

Q 04/05

A Europa Universalis IV achievement has Kilwa own Zanzibar and Bombay, the boyhood homes of which rock singer?

A) David Bowie

B) Bruce Springsteen

C) Elton John

D) Freddie Mercury

Answer · why

D) Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury was born in Zanzibar and grew up in Bombay, so the achievement puns on his band Queen and its icon copies one of his stage poses. Kilw...

Q 05/05

Which city, home to Paradox Interactive, is fittingly province number one in Europa Universalis IV's game files?

A) Stockholm

B) Copenhagen

C) Helsinki

D) Gothenburg

Answer · why

A) Stockholm

Stockholm is province ID 1, so leaving the province search box empty makes the map jump straight to the developers' home city. Later expansions were m...