Preview (20 questions)
1 Question
30 másodperce
Q.

Until renamed, _______ was originally known as “Bucket of Blood”


Bloody Mary

Great Dane

Juliana 

2 Question
30 másodperce
Q.

In 1843, the first ________ was patented, the same year the Oregon Trail began.


Engine

Stethoscope

Fax Machine

3 Question
30 másodperce
Q.

In the 11th century Italy, ______ was seen as an artificial hand and an offense to God by some religious leaders.


Watch

Fork

Fan

4 Question
30 másodperce
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According to Cuba’s intelligence service, more than 600 plots on _______ were made to end his life.


Fidel Castro

Saint Lawrence

Mary Sawyer

5 Question
30 másodperce
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_______ originally meant 'ignorant peasants'. It was used outside the country and brought back into Germany after World War II.


Gladiatrices

Equipment

Nazi

6 Question
30 másodperce
Q.

The first _______ attack occurred on September 7, 1776, during the Revolutionary War.


Middle Ages

Submarine

Pig

7 Question
30 másodperce
Q.

In the UK, 17th-century women were made to wear ________ if they said something inappropriate.


Murder

Exercise

Muzzle

8 Question
30 másodperce
Q.

Contrary to popular belief, Pilgrims never wore _______ on their hats.


Buckles

Blood

Trial

9 Question
30 másodperce
Q.

When _________ was first introduced in the London Underground, people of the day found these to be terrifying.


Gastroenteritis

Escalators

Ancient Olympics

10 Question
30 másodperce
Q.

Being a descendent of the Macedonian Greek dynasty, ________ was not Egyptian.


Andrew Jackson

Washington 

Cleopatra

11 Question
30 másodperce
Q.

A 13th century pope, Pope Gregory IV, once declared war on __________.


Black Cats

Red Flag

Lions

12 Question
30 másodperce
Q.

During Prohibition, ________ government poisoned people as a drinking deterrent.


Indian

Chinese

The US

13 Question
30 másodperce
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Although a popular image, not one _______ was burned at the stake.


John Cook

Salem Witch

Ptolemy

14 Question
30 másodperce
Q.

The nursery rhyme was based on a real person who was an 11-year-old girl in Boston named Mary who had one ________.


Little Lamb

Twinkle

Jack

15 Question
30 másodperce
Q.

In 1929, a group of women marched in the streets carrying “torches of liberty” signs for the right of women to do ________.


Great Depression

Egyptian

Smoke

16 Question
30 másodperce
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A brilliant musician named _______, is capable of five instruments such as piano, saxophone, clarinet, accordion, and violin.


Richard Nixon

Napoleon Bonaparte

Bonaparte 

17 Question
30 másodperce
Q.

________ was a wrestling champ, taking part in about 300 matches.


Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed

Abe Lincoln

Hungarian Countess

18 Question
30 másodperce
Q.

Depicting 'flying chariots', _________ was proposed as far back as the 17th century.


Aztec Empire

Avengers 

Space Travel

19 Question
30 másodperce
Q.

White Star Line, the owners of _________, never said it was 'Unsinkable'.


The Titanic

Ching Shih

Jewish 

20 Question
30 másodperce
Q.

__________ was unpopular and most people chose not to use it when it was first introduced at a market as a new invention.


Zanzibar 

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