Q 01/05

What was Nostradamus's real name?

A) Guillaume Rondelet

B) Jean de Chavigny

C) Michel de Nostredame

D) Adam de Craponne

Answer · why

C) Michel de Nostredame

He first Latinised it in print in his almanac for 1550.

Q 02/05

In which country was Nostradamus born?

A) Italy

B) Spain

C) France

D) Switzerland

Answer · why

C) France

He was born in Saint-Remy-de-Provence in December 1503.

Q 03/05

What is the title of the 1555 book of prophecies for which Nostradamus is best known?

A) Mirabilis Liber

B) Traite des Fardemens

C) Le Grand Almanach

D) Les Propheties

Answer · why

D) Les Propheties

Its first instalment contained 353 quatrains.

Q 04/05

How many poetic quatrains does the book of prophecies contain in its surviving form?

A) 942

B) 1,000

C) 1,200

D) 1,500

Answer · why

A) 942

He planned a thousand, but the last 58 verses of the seventh Century were never printed.

Q 05/05

A 'Century' in Nostradamus's book is a group of how many verses?

A) 100

B) 1,000

C) 500

D) 200

Answer · why

A) 100

The name has nothing to do with periods of a hundred years, a common misunderstanding.

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