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Y9P5-Mysteries, Mysteries, Mysteries
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General trivia about scientific, fictional, and historical mysteries.
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"Context" means...
the textual evidence from an event
setting, time, persons involved & circumstances of an event
the coincidences in an event
the mystery, reasoning skills used, and pictures of an event
2
Stars explode in events called
Bangs
Cometnovae
Supernovae
Starsplosions
3
In what year was the Illuminati founded?
1191
1492
2017
1776
4
The Bone Wars occurred...
1877-1892
1791-1808
1932-1961
1492-1502
5
Rasputin was...
A greedy king who killed his nephews
A Russian writer who wrote famous mysteries
A monk who was poisoned, shot, and drowned before dying
The name of a rock band who disappeared in a 1967 shipwreck
6
Who took the first shot of the American Revolution?
The British
The Americans
7
Which of the following is *not* a possible explanation for the fall of the dinosaurs?
Illuminati
Low egg survival rates
Meteor collision
Eruption of Deccan Traps
8
When archeologists use specific artifacts to build a bigger picture, they are using
Deductive reasoning
Inductive reasoning
The scientific method
9
T/F: George Washington was a Freemason
False
True
10
The Pyramid on the Dollar bill has...
7 layers
14 layers
13 layers
1776 layers
11
Anonymous began to take form on which social media platform?
4chan
facebook
tumblr
reddit
12
Freemasons meet in meeting places called
Clubs
Salons
Lodges
Assemblies
13
The first thing created in the Big Bang was...
Subatomic particles
Atoms
Helium
Oxygen
14
after the Big Bang, atoms converged into clouds of gas, which later became
Supernovae
Planets
Stars
Dark Matter
15
The correct order of the last 3 steps of the scientific method is:
Hypothesis, deep research, conclusion
Preliminary research, deep research, conclusion
Hypothesis, conclusion, rebuttal
Observation, research, conclusion
16
Amelia Earhart went missing...
Near San Salvador Island
In Japan
Near Howland Island
In the Bermuda Triangle
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Which of the following has the first 3 scientific method steps in the correct order?
Observation, Hypothesis, Preliminary Research
Observation, Preliminary Research, Hypothesis
Preliminary Research, Observation, Hypothesis
Hypothesis, Observation, Preliminary Research
18
The real reason the Knights Templar were formed was...
To guard the Vatican
To protect a great treasure
To find the holy grail
To reclaim Israel and the Middle East from Islamic rule
19
True/False: The Bone Wars was an example of scientific integrity.
True
False
20
The concept of "The Big Crunch" originates from which Big Bang theory?
The inflation theory
The conical theory
The crunch theory
The cyclical theory
21
The Princes in the Tower were...
The missing sons of King Arthur
The missing nephews of Richard III
The missing nephews of Elizabeth II
The missing nephews of Catherine the Great
22
The universe is
20 billion years old
1.2 billion years old
13.82 billion years old
4.6 billion years old
23
"Mary Celeste" was...
A missing ship later claimed to be seen as a ghost ship
A spaceship crash discovered in New Mexico
The ghost of a widow who haunts the White House
The wife of James Monroe, who mysteriously disappeared
24
The intellectual movement that inspired the Illuminati was
The Enlightenment
The Islamic Golden Age
The Renaissance
The Reformation
25
The eye on the dollar bill is called...
The Ominous Eye
The All-Seeing Eye
The Eye of the Storm
The Eye of the Vatican
26
Which of the following is a secondary source?
The 1876 U.S. Census
An ancient Egyptian artifact
A scholarly journal article about imagery in Shakespeare
A love letter written during the Civil War
27
Which poet coined the phrase, "the shot heard around the world?"
R.W. Emerson
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Henry David Thoreau
Francis Scott Key
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Which of the following is an example of a tertiary source?
A new reflective poem about an event that occurred in 1775
A scholarly journal article about imagery in Shakespeare
An autobiography
An encyclopedia article
29
"Mythos" means...
Images, stories, fables and narratives associated w/ a topic
Someone's emotional reaction to an image.
The factual information about a topic
One's ability to reason w/ the scientific method
30
Which of these two events occurred first?
Eruption of Deccan Traps
Meteor collision that left behind Chicxulub crater
31
The two scientists who falsified skeletons during the Bone Wars were...
Nye & Tyson
Einstein & Curie
Cope & Marsh
Sagan & Newton
32
Grand Duchess Anastasia...
Disappeared for 10 years before reclaiming her throne
Was later found hiding in Virginia, USA
Was later proven to have died in the Bolshevik Revolution
Was murdered by Rasputin
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Mysteries can be
Scientific
Fictional
Historical/Geographical
All of the Above
34
Where was the first shot of the American Revolution taken?
Concord
Lexington
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Which of the following is *not* a primary source?
A biography written about a founding father
A photograph of a family suffering in the Great Depression
An article written in 1776 about the American Revolution
A letter written by a soldier to his commanding officer
