How much do you know of the rich history this world has been through? The human species has been through SO much just in the last couple of millennia. Care to show us how much of it you know?
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What is the 'Ides of March' which occurs on March 15th?
The day a man tried to blow up the English Parliament
The day Julius Caesar was assassinated
The day Constantinople fell
The day WWI was won
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What was known, in previous centuries, as a 'Drunkard's Cloak'?
Vomit
A cloak of feathers and tar
A barrel
The gutter
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Who, according to a popular legend - chased all the snakes out of Ireland?
The more familiar version of the legend is given by Jocelyn of Furness, who says that the snakes had all been banished by Patrick chasing them into the sea after they attacked him during a 40-day fast he was undertaking on top of a hill.
St. Patrick
St. Vincent
St. Brendan
St. Kevin
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How did Martin Luther start the religious reformation movement in 1517?
By nailing a list of complaints to a church door
By starting the Anglican church
By advising the king of England to break from Catholicism
What Archduchess of Austria became the Queen of France when her husband ascended the throne as Louis XVI?
Catharine the Great
Anne Boleyn
Marie Leszczyńska
Marie Antoinette
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Which Soviet satellite was the first to be launched into space in 1957?
Lenin 1
Sputnik 1
Cosmos 3
Comrade 1
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When was The Gulf War?
1992-1993
1985-1988
1990-1991
1988-1990
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What German state preceded Nazi Germany?
The Weimar Republic is an unofficial designation for the German state between 1919 and 1933.
German Confederation
Wurttemberg Republic
Weimar Republic
German Empire
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After the death of Lenin, who did Stalin enter a power struggle with to be his successor?
Leo Tolstoy
Tsar Nicholas II
Karl Marx
Leon Trotsky
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