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Birkerød church
100

What is the name of the first human society

Hunter - gatherer society

100

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Leonardo da Vinci

100

How many animals were able to be domesticated by humans in the agricultural society?

14, plus minus 3

100

Who is the king that was named after Martin Luther, but was no king, and what did he do?

Martin Luther King Jr. , he fought for black rights and against segregation

100

In which century the Birkerod church was built?

From 12th century

200

When did the agricultural revolution begin?

Around 10.000 BCE

200

When was the printing press made?

1430-1450

200

Why did doctors believe plague masks kept the plague away?

They associated the bad smell from the dead bodies with the plague

Bonus points: they put smelling herbs in the beak of the masks

200

What language did Martin Luther speak natively?

German

200

When was Cristian IV born?

In 1577

300

Name all 4 revolutions of human societies

Cognitive, agricultural, industrial, information

300

Who were the key patrons of Florence?

The Medici family

300

What is the name of the AI robot that has human facial features, can talk and converse?

Ameca

300

How did Martin Luther react to the Swabian peasantry in Germany?

Luther showed no sympathy for the peasants. They were sinners. 

300

When did the Birkerod church become protestant?

in 1536

400

When did the industrial revolution start in England?

1760

400

Who made the famous marble statue of David?

Michelangelo

400

What countries are the countries that created the UN?

The United Nations was founded in 1945 by 51 countries, known as the founding members. They signed the UN Charter in San Francisco after World War II.

Here are the 51 founding countries (listed alphabetically, with historical names where relevant):

  • Argentina

  • Australia

  • Belgium

  • Bolivia

  • Brazil

  • Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Belarus)

  • Canada

  • Chile

  • China

  • Colombia

  • Costa Rica

  • Cuba

  • Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic & Slovakia)

  • Denmark

  • Dominican Republic

  • Ecuador

  • Egypt

  • El Salvador

  • Ethiopia

  • France

  • Greece

  • Guatemala

  • Haiti

  • Honduras

  • India

  • Iran

  • Iraq

  • Lebanon

  • Liberia

  • Luxembourg

  • Mexico

  • Netherlands

  • New Zealand

  • Nicaragua

  • Norway

  • Panama

  • Paraguay

  • Peru

  • Philippines

  • Poland

  • Saudi Arabia

  • South Africa

  • Syria

  • Turkey

  • Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Ukraine)

  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR; now Russia and others)

  • United Kingdom

  • United States

  • Uruguay

  • Venezuela

  • Yugoslavia (now several Balkan states)

400

What bothered Luther the most about the Catholic church before the Reformation?

Indulgence letters

400

Why was there a diagram of a king in the pulpit?

The church became protestant, where the king was more important than the pope.

500

What is the different between pre-modern society, and modern society economically?

Premodern was localized and less structured, modern society is more uniform and distributed evenly. less agricultural dependence in modern society.

500

What is the name of the important financial system the Medici family invented

Double entry book keeping

500

Who is the legendary archer that could shoot 100 arrows at once?

Hou Yi -kind of like a Chinese superhero legend

500

Where did he go to university?

Erfurt

500

How many stairs is there in front of the church?

4

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