History Day - French Revolution and literature

Question 1

Which composer started playing the piano at the age of 3?

Accepted Answer

Mozart

Question 2

The universal component of all combustible substances was called...

Accepted Answer

Phlogiston

Question 3

What style grew out of opposition to the Baroque/Rococo style?

Accepted Answer

Neoclassicism

Question 4

All of these are themes of A Tale of Two Cities EXCEPT...

Accepted Answer

the mob is always right

Question 5

What was the new way of execution employed by the peasants?

Accepted Answer

guillotine

Question 6

Which composer enjoyed practical jokes?

Accepted Answer

Hayden

Question 7

What monument is this?

Accepted Answer

Arc de Triomphe

Question 8

The precursor to the periodic table was called...

Accepted Answer

Method of Chemical Nomenclature

Question 9

What was Charles Darnay's real name?

Accepted Answer

D'Aulnais

Question 10

What did it mean when Madame Defarge pinned her rose on her head-dress?

Accepted Answer

people should leave the wine shop

Question 11

The theory that Jean-Bapiste developed is known as...

Accepted Answer

Inheritance of Acquired Traits

Question 12

The grand tour was:

Accepted Answer

Educational rite of passage

Question 13

The contraption Laviosier developed to measure heat given off during respiration is called...

Accepted Answer

ice calorimeter

Question 14

According to Kant, reason is the source of what?

Accepted Answer

morality

Question 15

Montesquieu thought there should be how many branches of government?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 16

What does cogito ergo sum mean?

Accepted Answer

I think; therefore I am

Question 17

The gentleman who is known as the founding father of Paleontology is...

Accepted Answer

George Cuvier

Question 18

Who wrote a book that shares the title of a Biblical creature and guardian of Atlantis?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Hobbs

Question 19

Knowledge can only be understood based on what if you were David Hume?

Accepted Answer

Human experience

Question 20

Who were the French King and Queen reigning during the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

Question 21

In A Tale of Two Cities, what was the message given to Mr. Lorrie in regards to Dr. Manette?

Accepted Answer

recalled to life

Question 22

What is the main conflict of the French Revolution between?

Accepted Answer

the peasants vs. aristocrats

Question 23

Which Philosopher was Scottish?

Accepted Answer

David Hume, Adam Smith

Question 24

The institution that was formed to train engineers is called...

Accepted Answer

Ecole Polytechnique

Question 25

Who is the Father of Capitalism?

Accepted Answer

Adam Smith

Question 26

What was Madame Defarge knitting?

Accepted Answer

register of revenge

Question 27

The group that collected taxes on behalf of the king was known as the...

Accepted Answer

Ferme Générale

Question 28

Who said cogito ergo sum?

Accepted Answer

Rene Descartes

Question 29

One of the elements Laviosier named and discovered is...

Accepted Answer

Oxygen

Question 30

Batoni painted portraits as souvenirs from...

Accepted Answer

The Grand Tour

Question 31

What was the Marquis' last name?

Accepted Answer

Evermonde

Question 32

Which composer wrote the Moonlight Sonata?

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Question 33

Apples falls, gravity is discovered...

Accepted Answer

Newton

Question 34

A Tale of Two Cities was written by...

Accepted Answer

Charles Dickens

Question 35

Which of these people are Classical Composers?

Accepted Answer

Hadyn

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