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Breaking World Records

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the few things kept in the ‘Century Safe” assembled by Anna Deihm?

a)

American's signatures

b)

Snapshots of President Rutherford B. Hayes

c)

A gold pen and ink stand

d)

A book on temperance

2.

Where is the Tripitaka Koreana situated?

a)

Bongwonsa Temple

b)

Guinsa Temple

c)

Mihwangsa Temple

d)

Haeinsa Temple

3.

Who destroyed the wooden tablets in the 11th century?

a)

The Russians

b)

The Americans

c)

The Mongols

d)

The French

4.

Which of the following wasn't the smaples included in the 60-centimeter-long tube placed near the Polish Polar Station in Hornsund Svalbard?

a)

A 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite

b)

Basaltic lava

c)

Namibian sand hiding particles of copper

d)

Dried DNA samples

5.

What was the incident that took place when the term "Time Capsule" was first used?

a)

A cylinder was being buried in a well on the fairgrounds

b)

The U. S Presidential Elections

c)

During World War 1

d)

During the Black Plague

6.

WHich of the languages wasn't translated unto Arabic and documented in the Abbasid Caliphate's House of Wisdom?

a)

Tamil

b)

Sanskrit

c)

Pahlai

d)

Syriac

7.

What are the missions of the International Time Capsule Society?

a)

To maintain a registry of times events of all known time capsule

b)

To establish a clearing house of information about the time capsule

c)

To maintain and share a global directory of time capsule interested parties

d)

To keep all information and the value of time capsules private from the general public

8.

In what yeat was the term "Time Capsule" invented?

a)

1940

b)

1938

c)

1941

d)

1939

9.

Besides the "Abbasid Caliphate's House of Wisdom", what are the other names used to refer to this ancient library?

a)

Khizanat-al-Hikma

b)

The Library of Celsus

c)

The Library of Alexandria

d)

The Library of Ashurbanipal

10.

Why was the burning of the Library of Aleandria considered as a huge tragedy?

a)

It was one of the most exhaustively-cataloged collection of Buddhist scriptures in the world

b)

It was one of the most expensive collections of text on the classical civilization

11.

Who was blamed for supposedly destroying the Library of Alexandria?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Caliph Omar

c)

Theophilus

d)

All of the above

12.

Where was Alexandria founded?

a)

Rome

b)

Greece

c)

Egypt

d)

India

e)

Persia

13.

Who found the Library of Alexandria?

a)

George Washington

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Napoleon

d)

Hypatia

e)

Edward Gibbons

14.

What was the "House of Wisdom" also known as?

a)

Palace of Wisdom

b)

Storehouse of Wisdom

c)

School of Wisdom

d)

Public library

15.

What happened to the books that was in the House of Wisdom?

a)

Burned

b)

Used as toilet paper

c)

Thrown into a river

d)

Fed to the animals

e)

Nothing happened to the books