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Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 4mins
In 1845 educational pioneer Horace Mann had an idea. Instead of annual oral exams, he suggested that Boston Public School children should prove their knowledge through what?
Teaching methods
Written tests
Scientific objectivity
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When did Van Gogh die?
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what date did leonardo da vinci draw the mona lisa
1805
1500
1889
1503
Greenland was a colony of which country until 1981?
England
Holland
Denmark
Brazil
How long did the war between England and Zanzibar last?
38 & 48 minutes
23 & 9 minutes
23 & 45 minutes
38 & 45 minutes
12 & 37 minutes
The first public Kinetoscope demonstration took place in 1893. By 1894 the Kinetoscope was a commercial success, with public parlours established around the world. The first to presents projected moving pictures to a paying audience were the Lumière brothers in December 1895 in where?
Paris
Greenland
America
Algeria
The invention of the camera has been traced back to the work of Ibn al-Haytham, who is credited with the invention of what?
The camera obscura
The pinhole camera
Portable camera obscura devices
During the Middle Ages, the descendants of the Carolingian dynasty came to dominate the area and then extended their rule to a large part of Western Europe. The region nowadays corresponding to the Netherlands therefore became part of Lower Lotharingia within what?
The Frankish Holy Roman Empire
The descendants of the Carolingian
The subsequent Dutch revolt
What was Marco Polo’s impact on trade?
Wrote a book about Asia and influenced people to trade with China
Traveled to Asia and told the Chinese the wonders of Europe
Told the Christians about Asia
