Q 01/05

The Ottoman writer Tursun Beg called Vlad 'Kazıklı Voyvoda' around 1500. What does it mean?

A) Dragon Prince

B) Mad Warlord

C) Impaler Lord

D) Devil Voivode

Answer · why

C) Impaler Lord

A later voivode used the Romanian equivalent in a letter of grant in 1551.

Q 02/05

How many separate reigns did Vlad III have?

A) Two

B) Five

C) Three

D) One

Answer · why

C) Three

The middle one, 1456 to 1462, was the long one; the last lasted only weeks before he was killed.

Q 03/05

By what sobriquet is Vlad III known in Romanian historiography?

A) Țepeș

B) Basarab

C) Voievod

D) Negru

Answer · why

A) Țepeș

The word is tied to impalement, his favourite method of execution.

Q 04/05

Vlad's father earned the sobriquet 'Dracul' through membership of which militant fraternity?

A) The Order of the Garter

B) The Order of the Golden Fleece

C) The Order of Saint George

D) The Order of the Dragon

Answer · why

D) The Order of the Dragon

'Dracula' is simply the Slavonic genitive: 'son of Dracul'; in modern Romanian, dracul means 'the devil'.

Q 05/05

Which King of Hungary founded the militant fraternity that gave Vlad's father his nickname?

A) Sigismund of Luxemburg

B) Ladislaus the Posthumous

C) Matthias Corvinus

D) Louis the Great

Answer · why

A) Sigismund of Luxemburg

The brotherhood was dedicated to halting the Ottoman advance into Europe.