Q 01/05

Montezuma II was the ninth tlatoani, or ruler, of which Mesoamerican civilisation?

A) Toltec

B) Aztec

C) Inca

D) Maya

Answer · why

B) Aztec

Montezuma II ruled the Aztec Empire, the Triple Alliance of three cities on and around Lake Texcoco, which reached its greatest extent under him.

Q 02/05

Which Spanish conquistador led the men who seized Montezuma's capital?

A) Hernán Cortés

B) Pedro de Alvarado

C) Francisco Pizarro

D) Pánfilo de Narváez

Answer · why

A) Hernán Cortés

Hernán Cortés landed on the Gulf coast in 1519, marched inland, and in 1521, with a host of Tlaxcalan and other indigenous allies, took the city after...

Q 03/05

What was the name of the Aztec capital where Montezuma ruled?

A) Tlaxcala

B) Teotihuacan

C) Tenochtitlan

D) Texcoco

Answer · why

C) Tenochtitlan

Tenochtitlan, founded on an island in Lake Texcoco in 1325, was linked to the shore by causeways and ranked among the world's largest cities when the ...

Q 04/05

A Spanish soldier reported that when Montezuma dined he drank nothing but which beverage, served in a golden goblet?

A) Maize beer

B) Pulque

C) Honey water

D) Chocolate

Answer · why

D) Chocolate

The soldier-chronicler wrote that Montezuma took only chocolate, a frothed cacao drink served in fine gold cups, and that dozens of jugs of it were pr...

Q 05/05

'Montezuma's revenge' is a colloquial name for what?

A) Altitude sickness

B) A chilli-induced fever

C) Sunstroke

D) Traveller's diarrhoea

Answer · why

D) Traveller's diarrhoea

Traveller's diarrhoea picked up in Mexico earned the nickname Montezuma's revenge, as if the emperor were punishing visiting foreigners; 'Delhi belly'...