emperor
Emperors historically ruled empires containing multiple territories or peoples. This topic is part of Government within Government & Society. This page currently draws on 40 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
emperor trivia questions
An emperor is a ruler of what?
Answer: An empire
Bonus fact: Emperors historically ruled empires containing multiple territories or peoples.
Who became the first Roman emperor in 27 BCE?
Answer: Augustus
Bonus fact: Octavian received the title Augustus in 27 BCE and is regarded as Rome's first emperor.
Which title meaning 'supreme ruler' was used by Japanese emperors in Japanese?
Answer: Tennō
Bonus fact: Tennō is the Japanese title conventionally translated as emperor.
Which Mughal emperor was part of the coalition defeated at Buxar?
Answer: Shah Alam II
Bonus fact: After the battle, political settlements gave the East India Company major revenue-collecting rights in Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa.
Which continent is home to emperor penguins?
Answer: Antarctica
Bonus fact: Emperor penguins breed on Antarctic sea ice.
Which emperor ordered the rebuilding of Hagia Sophia in the 6th century?
Answer: Justinian I
Bonus fact: Justinian I commissioned the great Hagia Sophia completed in 537.
Napoleon Bonaparte became emperor of which country?
Answer: France
Bonus fact: Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of the French in 1804.
Which emperor sponsored the great church of Hagia Sophia?
Answer: Justinian I
Bonus fact: Hagia Sophia was completed in 537 under Justinian.
Which Mughal emperor founded the walled city now called Old Delhi?
Answer: Shah Jahan
Bonus fact: Shah Jahan built Shahjahanabad in the 17th century.
Who is commonly considered the first Roman emperor?
Answer: Augustus
Bonus fact: Octavian took the title Augustus in 27 BCE.
Who became Rome's first emperor after the Republic's collapse?
Answer: Augustus
Bonus fact: Octavian became Augustus in 27 BCE.
The present Pantheon was rebuilt largely during the reign of which emperor?
Answer: Hadrian
Bonus fact: It was completed in the early second century CE.