Pelham Quiz

Question 1

The first person to travel into space was ...

Accepted Answer

Yuri Gagarin

Question 2

Where is this located?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 3

What city is this?

Accepted Answer

Athens

Question 4

What city is this?

Accepted Answer

Beijing

Question 5

What city is this?

Accepted Answer

Barcelona

Question 6

What effect would Germanic rule eventually have on the Western half of the Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 7

Where is this located?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 8

Which emperor is responsible for splitting the empire, a temporary solution to its problems?

Accepted Answer

Diocletian

Question 9

What city is this?

Accepted Answer

San Francisco

Question 10

Where is this located?

Accepted Answer

Denmark

Question 11

Where is this located?

Accepted Answer

The United States of America

Question 12

What is the capital of Australia?

Accepted Answer

Canberra

Question 13

True or False: Marcus Aurelius's son, Commodus, was a competent and strong leader.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Where is this located?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 15

What city is this?

Accepted Answer

Paris

Question 16

When did World War I end?

Accepted Answer

1918

Question 17

How did Rome deal with its mounting expenses?

Accepted Answer

They raised taxes., They started making coins which contained less silver.

Question 18

Where is this located?

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Question 19

Where is this located?

Accepted Answer

The border between Canada and the U.S.A.

Question 20

Why did Rome's once bountiful treasury begin to dry up?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 21

What city is this?

Accepted Answer

Tokyo

Question 22

What is the world's biggest country by area?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 23

What city is this?

Accepted Answer

Venice

Question 24

Where is this located?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 25

Where is this located?

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 26

True or False: As barbarians invaded, Rome was also falling from within due to economic issues.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Where is this located?

Accepted Answer

Tanzania

Question 28

What does vexillology study?

Accepted Answer

Flags

Question 29

What city is this?

Accepted Answer

Moscow

Question 30

What city is this?

Accepted Answer

New York City

Question 31

What problems were those in the agricultural industry facing?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 32

What city is this?

Accepted Answer

Istanbul

Question 33

Where is this located?

Accepted Answer

The United Kingdom

Question 34

Where is this located?

Accepted Answer

United Arab Emirates

Question 35

What city is this?

Accepted Answer

Sydney

Question 36

What effect would the Eastern Empire have on Rome's eventual collapse?

Accepted Answer

The split made the empire weak and both sides drifted apart.

Question 37

Watering down the value of silver and increasing taxes on the people of the empire led to...

Accepted Answer

inflation.

Question 38

True or False: As Rome stopped expanding, its supply of treasure and slaves increased greatly.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 39

What city is this?

Accepted Answer

London

Question 40

Where is this located?

Accepted Answer

Belgium

Question 41

Which of the following is a reason for the collapse of the empire?

Accepted Answer

The rise of Christianity and loss of Roman traditions, Economic troubles, Over expansion, Invasions by the barbarians

Question 42

Why did so many Germanic tribes begin to invade the Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

Their land was being invaded by the Huns.

Question 43

What city is this?

Accepted Answer

Rome

Question 44

What city is this?

Accepted Answer

St. Louis

Question 45

The world's highest waterfall is called...

Accepted Answer

Angel Falls

Question 46

In Romeo and Juliet, what family does Romeo belong to?

Accepted Answer

Montague

Question 47

Where is this located?

Accepted Answer

India

Question 48

Which ocean is the largest?

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Question 49

What is the world's largest river by volume?

Accepted Answer

Amazon

Question 50

Where is this located?

Accepted Answer

Australia

Question 51

Where is this located?

Accepted Answer

Egypt

Question 52

Who is considered the last of the so-called Five Good Emperors?

Accepted Answer

Marcus Aurelius

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