Who Said That? (Middle Ages)

Question 1

Rome always needs good soldiers.

Answer 1

Valens

Question 2

To be master of the Roman Empire is indeed worth trying for.

Answer 2

Alaric (the Visigoth)

Question 3

I shall never be defeated in battle as long as I fight with the sword of Tiew.

Answer 3

Attila the Hun

Question 4

Here I will perish in the flames, rather than surrender to my enemies.

Answer 4

Attila the Hun

Question 5

Never shall I go back to Spain until I am master of Africa.

Answer 5

Genseric (the Vandal)

Question 6

This is the country which shall be our home.

Answer 6

Theodoric

Question 7

I will give you thousands of pounds of gold and silver if you will agree to go back to your own country.

Answer 7

Odoacer

Question 8

A boy! A boy has come to fight me.

Answer 8

Syagrius

Question 9

Ay, but this boy will conquer you.

Answer 9

Clovis

Question 10

O God of Clotilde, help me in this my hour of need. If thou wilt give me victory now, I will believe in thee.

Answer 10

Clovis

Question 11

I have given my promise and I must keep it.

Answer 11

Mohammed

Question 12

There is but one God. Mohammed is God’s prophet.

Answer 12

Khadija

Question 13

Pepin ought to be king of the Franks, for he has all the power.

Answer 13

friends of Pepin

Question 14

Long live Charles Augustus, Emperor of the Romans

Answer 14

Pope Leo III

Question 15

Tell the Empress that I will spare Constantinople if she will pay me 700,000 pieces of gold as a yearly tribute.

Answer 15

Harun-al-Rashid

Question 16

She ought to have made you pay tribute to her.

Answer 16

Nicephorus

Question 17

Thou shalt not hear, thou shalt SEE my reply.

Answer 17

Harun-al-Rachid

Question 18

Oh, they would be angels instead of Angles if they were only Christians, for they certainly have the faces of angels.

Answer 18

the monk Gregory

Question 19

Let us make ourselves homes here, and I and my Vikings will become your vassals.

Answer 19

Rollo

Question 20

Never will I bend my knee before any man and no man’s foot will I kiss.

Answer 20

Rollo

Question 21

You, King Alfred, were the wandering minstrel!

Answer 21

Guthrum

Question 22

I will give you your liberty if you will become a Christian and never again make war on my people.

Answer 22

Alfred

Question 23

Not a piece of gold will be given you. Our truce is ended.

Answer 23

Henry the Fowler

Question 24

Learn how feeble is the power of earthly kings. None is worthy of the name of king but He whom heaven and earth and sea obey.

Answer 24

Canute

Question 25

I am St. Lazarus, the leper to whom thou wast so kind. Because I have breathed upon thee, thou shalt accomplish whatever thou shalt undertake in peace or in battle.

Answer 25

St. Lazarus

Question 26

Life's but a walking shadow...

Answer 26

Macbeth

Question 27

I will not yield, to kiss the ground before young Malcolm's feet...

Answer 27

Macbeth

Question 28

I live! I live! Fight on! We shall conquer yet!

Answer 28

William the Conqueror

Question 29

I have loved justice and hated iniquity, therefore I die in exile.

Answer 29

Pope Gregory VII

Question 30

I cannot wear a crown of gold where Christ wore one of thorns, nor will I be called king in the land where once lived the King of Kings.

Answer 30

Godfrey of Bouillon

Question 31

When the ravens cease to fly around the mountain, Barbarossa shall awake and restore Germany to its ancient greatness.

Answer 31

German legend

Question 32

Is there no one who will rid me of this turbulent priest?

Answer 32

Henry II

Question 33

Here I am, no traitor but a priest of God.

Answer 33

Thomas Becket

Question 34

The cross! The cross!

Answer 34

Louis IX

Question 35

Sing in the name of God. Shout forth his praises as we sail away.

Answer 35

Louis IX

Question 36

Yes, I am about to take a wife of surpassing fairness.

Answer 36

St. Francis

Question 37

If the spider has courage to try again, I will also try to free Scotland.

Answer 37

Robert Bruce

Question 38

Now, my friends, I will show you something that will please you.

Answer 38

Marco Polo

Question 39

I will prove myself a true knight. My father is right. I need no aid.

Answer 39

Edward the Black Prince

Question 40

Prince, you are the conqueror of the French. Cheer, cheer for the Black Prince! Cheer for the hero of Crecy!

Answer 40

Edward III

Question 41

Make way for liberty!

Answer 41

Arnold von Winkelried

Question 42

As there is but one God in heaven, there ought to be but one ruler on the earth.

Answer 42

Tamerlane

Question 43

I would not have a single man more. If God gives us victory, it will be plain we owe it to His grace. If not, the fewer we are, the less loss for England.

Answer 43

Henry V

Question 44

War has three handmaidens: fire, blood, and famine. I have chosen the meekest of the three.

Answer 44

Henry V

Question 45

God has sent me to deliver France from her enemies.

Answer 45

Joan of Arc

Question 46

I hear the heavenly voices no more and I am afraid.

Answer 46

Joan of Arc

Question 47

England will not long endure the misrule of a king who is half the time out of his mind.

Answer 47

Earl of Warwick