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

He reigned from about 1502 until 1520, and the empire reached its greatest size 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

Alvarado was one of his captains, and Narváez was sent from Cuba to arrest him.

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

Founded on an island in 1325, it fell to the Spanish and their allies on 13 August 1521, a year after Montezuma's death.

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

He liked it flavoured with vanilla or chilli, and the habit helped make cacao famous in Europe.

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

It sits alongside 'Delhi belly' and 'Bali belly' as a nickname for the same affliction.