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1
From the late 19th century and up to 1916, it was forbidden for British soldiers
to sleep without wearing their uniform
to date while they were in the army
to drink beer
to shave their mustache.
2
Albert Einstein was offered to become the president of
Israel
Germany
France
United States
3
The story of Dracula, the vampire, was inspired by
A Romanian ruler Vlad who drank his enemies' blood
a small bat that drinks blood from farm animals
A roman Emperor who bled his victims to death
a greek god named Hades
4
A Native American warrior named Blackbird was buried
with 1,000 pound of feathers
with his horse
upside down
with his favorite bows and arrows
5
Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th President of the United States
was a lawyer
was a professional magician
was an actor
was a barber
6
The most common human sacrifice the Mayans made to their gods was
eating their victim's heart
pulling a still-beating heart out of a victim's chest.
throwing the victim's head into the river
draining the blood from the victim's body
7
Foot binding was a tradition in Chinese culture because
it represented a sign of modesty
women with smaller feet were considered more beautiful.
women believed it was good luck to bind their feet
shoes were very expensive in China
8
This is Enigma:
an ultra secret code machine used by Hitler's army
the first computer
the first electric typewriter
a machine that could spell check any word
9
Roman Emperor Gaius made his horse an official member of
the Senate
the army
his family
10
The first recording devices used _______ cylinders to record sound
clay
metal
wax
plastic
11
In colonial America pregnant women didn't receive painkillers during delivery because
they did not have any type of painkiller medicine
pain was considered God's punishment for Eve's sins
they believed painkillers could damage the baby
doctors didn't believe birth pain was that bad
12
During World War I what animal was given a medal of honor for his service in the war?
a monkey
a dog
a horse
a cat
13
A clay army of 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses was found in
Korea
England
China
Japan
14
People were buried alive so often in the 19th century that someone created
laws prohibiting to bury the deads before 10 days had passed
shallow graves, so they could crawl out of their tombs.
coffins with bells to signal they were still alive
funerals that lasted for 5 days
15
The shortest war ever lasted
less than an hour
less than a month
less than a week
less than a day
16
In medieval times people were put to death for being witches
True
False
17
Before alarm clocks were invented, workers
hired people to shoot peas at their windows to wake them up
ask their wives not to fall asleep to wake them up
did not go to sleep during the night
used roosters to wake up for work
18
In ancient Egypt, servants were smeared with
chocolate as an offering to the gods
milk to represent purity
honey in order to attract flies away from the pharaoh
wine in order to please the god Osiris
19
For many years, in China was illegal to have
more than one job
more than one house
more than one child
more than three bicycles
20
The Mayan practiced a ball game called "ulama" The team that lost the game would be
sent to live outside the city
killed
sent to war
slave for life