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Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 29mins
Who was the richest man in history?
Augustus Caesar
Mansa Musa
Andrew Carnagie
Alan Rufus
Jacob Fugger
How many times was Julius Caesar stabbed?
(a)
How did the Colosseum get its name?
It was next to a statue called the Colossus.
Its main architect was named Marcellus Colossean.
The first play performed there was called "Mendacium
Colossal".
Historians disagree about it, and no one really knows.
It was the biggest amphitheater at the time.
Fill in the blank.
The UK government collected postcards as intelligence for _____.
the D-Day landings
suspicions of attacks on Pearl Harbor
suspicions of a ghetto in Warshaw
suspicions of a concentration camp in Auschwitz
the dropping of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima
What was poured down Marcus Crassus' throat when he died?
Molten gold
His entire fortune in banknotes
Pearls
Red wine
Saltwater
How many tons of unexploded bombs did Germany recover every year?
2,000
34
150,000
97,000
300
Fill in the blank.
A singing birthday card has more _____ power in it than the entire Allied Army of WWII.
dangerous
computer
electric
ammunition
gas
In 1386, a pig was executed in France. It was arrested, kept in prison, and then sent to court where it stood trial, was found guilty, and then executed by hanging. What was its crime?
It attacked a person's face, and the person died from the wounds.
It escaped from its pen and destroyed a market stand.
It escaped from its pen and entered its owner's house, which it destroyed.
It was a runt and would not grow. Its owner thought the pig was doing it on purpose.
It escaped from its pen and destroyed a neighbor's vineyard.
What is Shrapnel named after?
Its inventor
The World War I battle it was first used in
The place it was first tested at
The name of the officer it was used against
Since when have all British tanks are equipped with tea-making facilities?
1945
Since tanks were invented
1894
1977
1911
During what war did the French built a “fake Paris”?
(This picture is of the real thing)
World War I
World War II
The French Revolution
Anglo-French War
War of Second Coalition
Fill in the blank.
The Eastern Roman Empire’s weapon called Greek Fire was used in _____-mounted flamethrowers.
ship
statue
amphitheater
watermill
volcano
Fill in the blank.
A Japanese fighter pilot once dropped _____ over the ocean to commemorate the dead from both sides.
wreaths
tombstones
ferns
roses
fighter plane charms
What percent of the Normandy beaches is made up of shrapnel from the D-Day Landings?
4%
0.01%
1.3%
6.25%
0% - D-Day wasn't even in Normandy!
Where does the saying "fly off the handle" come from?
cheap axe-heads flying off their handles when swung backwards before a chop
cheap purses flying off their handles while the purse's owner was looking through it.
cheap forks' tines flying off their handles when the owner was trying to eat things like steak
when the owner of a silverware factory threw a fit, and his employees joked that he "was off the handle"
Which of these religions was Genghis Khan tolerant of?
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
No religions
All religions
Albert Einstein turned down the presidency of what country?
Israel
Spain
Turkey
Soviet Union
United States
Which Roman Emperor made one of his favorite horses a senator?
Caligula
Tiberius
Claudius
Nerva
Domitian
Why did Pope Gregory IX declared war on cats?
He said they worked for the devil.
He'd had a cat once, and it died. He was so heartbroken, he couldn't bear to see another one.
No one really knows the reason.
He had read an obsolete verse of the Bible that said cats were evil.
He said cats were the meanest animals alive, and he never wanted to see one again.
During what century was the Leaning Tower of Pisa constructed?
12th
18th
16th
15th
What country has the world’s oldest parliament in history.
Iceland
Greenland
Canada
Soviet Union/Russia
U.S.A. (in Alaska)
Over 1,000 people died from leftover unexploded bombs since the end of what war?
World War I
World War II
Civil War
Cold War
Vietnam War
How many days long was 46 BC?
445
365
366
367
186
During the what time was it normal to photograph relatives after they died?
Victorian period
Great Depression
Roaring Twenties
1930s
Early 1900s
How long did the shortest war in history last?
38 minutes
2 hours, 4 minutes
3 days, 8 hours, 57 minutes
13 seconds
24 seconds
Before the 19th century, dentures were made from what?
Dead soldiers’ teeth
Butchered cows' teeth
Tortoise and turtle shells
Horses' ribs
Copper
What did people use to do to make sure loved ones weren't buried alive?
Attach bells to their coffins
Chop the peoples' heads off to kill them for good
Squeeze the person to see if they screamed
Put poisonous gases in the coffin
What sport does the term "saved by a bell" come from?
Boxing
Horse-racing
Hockey
Donkey Kong (the video game)
Cornhole
George Washington actually did NOT have wooden teeth. What were his dentures really made of?
Gold
Lead
Ivory
Human teeth
Animal teeth
How would Egyptian Pharaohs use their slaves as fly-catchers?
They would cover the slaves in honey.
They would attach cymbal-like disks which had honey in them to the slaves' hands, so the slaves could mash any flies that tried to eat the honey.
They would use a special kind of gel in the slaves' hair that attracted flies.
They would force the slaves to make buzzing sounds that attracted other flies. Then the slaves would have to slap the flies when they came near.
Fill in the blank.
In the Victorian era, men with moustaches used special ___.
Cups
Forks
Plates
Spoons
Knives
When was the earliest lottery?
Han Dynasty (China)
When Jesus found the temple that was being used for a mall
Mongolian Empire at the time of Genghis Khan
Macedonian Dynasty (Persia)
Julio–Claudian Dynasty (Roman)
Which university is older than the Aztec Empire?
Oxford
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
What army is the biggest in history?
U.S. WWII army
French WWI army
German WWI army
Japanese WWII army
British WWI army
How many people died in the Great Fire of London?
6
782
9,425
78
117,394
For 12 years during the what time period did France have a whole new calendar?
French Revolution
World War I
World War II
Great Depression
French and Indian War
During WWII, the which two countries launched a joint invasion of neutral Iran?
Britain
Soviet Union
Germany
Japan
France
One in how many men are direct descendants of Genghis Khan?
200
2
20,000
2,000
200,0000
What is this a picture of?
Dance marathon
King George V's wedding
Herbert Hoover's inauguration party
Franklin D. Roosevelt's inauguration party
None of these
What is special about the Circus Maximus in Rome?
It is the biggest sports arena ever
It took over 350 years to build
It took over 475 years to build
It was built in less than 1 month
It was the last Roman arena to be built and built during the fall of the Rman empire
Surgeon Robert Liston was considered “the fastest knife in the West”. One time, when performing a battlefield amputation in front of a group of spectators, Liston cut through his patient’s leg so quickly that he accidentally cut the fingers off his assistant. One man who witnessed the surgery was also caught by the doctor’s knife. Upon feeling it tug on his coat and seeing blood splash on him, he collapsed and died of a heart attack. Then, to make matters worse, Liston’s patient and his assistant died of blood poisoning from their joint-amputation. So what was Liston's mortality rate in this surgery?
300%
100%
50%
10%
Whose nephew fought against the Axis Powers in World War II?
Adolph Hitler (Germany's leader)
Benito Mussolini (Italy's leader)
Tōjō Hideki (Japan's leader)
During what war were the first official Medals of Honor awarded?
American Civil War
American Revolution
World War I
World War II
Vietnam War
Why did Hollywood moved from New York to Los Angeles?
To escape Thomas Edison’s inventions
Famous movie stars preferred to live in California because it was less populated, and they refused to work at Hollywood unless it moved
To be in a city called the "Big Red Apple" was embarrassing
To escape the hustle and bustle of New York City (this was back when Los Angeles was not big)
The president at the time (William Howard Taft) complained of the abundance of movie theaters in the east, especially of one near the White House
Which of these phrases did Shakespeare coin?
"Elbow room"
"Heartsick"
"Mind's eye"
"It's Greek to me"
"Knock on wood"
A war between what two places lasted 335 years and had no battles or deaths?
Isles of Scilly
Solomon Islands
Netherlands
Kiribati
India
During World War II, why did Americans call hamburgers "liberty steaks"?
The name sounded too German
The rations made it to where a person could not eat a hamburger often, and it seemed like a liberty to be able to do it
Adolf Hitler loved hamburgers, and radical Americans saw hamburger eaters as people who supported the Nazis
Because of rations, a hamburger was as close as a regular person could get to real steak
Fill in the blank.
In 18th century England, pineapples were seen as a ___.
Status symbol
Sign of bad luck
Symbol of the devil
Sign of good luck if you shared the pineapple with someone you loved
Which car did Adolf Hitler help design?
Volkswagon
Porsche
Mercedes
Cadillac
Renault
Who had a Doctor’s note to drink an “indefinite” amount of alcohol in Prohibition America?
Winston Churchill
Albert Einstein
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
Adolf Hitler
Fill in the blank.
In Ancient Greece, they believed redheads became ___ after death.
Vampires
Unicorns
Werewolves
Griffins
Mermaids
Which U.S. president was a wrestling champion?
What were the three most popular pets in the Roman Empire?
Ferrets
Dogs
Monkeys
Fennec fox
Capybara
Which Egyptian ruler wasn’t actually Egyptian?
Cleopatra
Djoser
Khufu
Thutmose III
Tutankhamun
How many cities did Alexander the Great name after himself?
70
6
60
150
30
