Mad Kings
Who was known as "The Mad King"
King George III of England. He experienced episodes of mental illness, but fun fact - the guy loved to garden.
Why would babies in Europe and Asia be swaddled so tightly that their limbs would break or become immobilized?
Believed to make them straighter and healthier.
Where was Jack the Ripper from?
London, (1888)
Who did Canada use for medical experiments?
Indigenous Children.
Which immigration group were sent to Ellis Island to quarantine due to typhus and cholera?
The Irish. Most died.
Which King inspired Cinderella because literally bankrupted his kingdom building fantasy castles and forcing his staff to participate fantasy roleplay and dinners.
King Ludwig II of Bavaria
True or False: Some African and South American tribes used to drop their babies to see how strong they were?
True. If the baby survived and cried it was considered strong.
America's first documented serial killer who build a "Murder Castle" with secret trapdoors to kill victims during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Fun Fact: the castle had gas chambers, soundproof rooms, and a crematorium.
H.H. Holmes (1861-1896)
What group was forcibly taken from their families and sent to government-funded, church-run boarding schools where many children faced physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. Thousands died.
Indigenous communities.
Which port were the Africans originally sent to in America?
Charleston, SC (Charles Town at the time)
Which Emperor literally poisoned himself with mercury thinking it was potions to cheat death?
The first emperor of China. Qin Shi Huang.
What culture would practice head shaping & cranial binding?
Maya or ancient Egyptians
Which Famous American serial killer escaped prison twice?
Ted Bundy
Which province forced sterilization of "unfit" people during the 1970s?
Alberta and British Columbia.
Black men, even after penicillin was discovered.
What king LITERALLY stank? Massive festering wounds, 5-7 thousand calorie diet, rotting teeth, and believed excessive bathing was bad for health?
King Henry VIII (the 8th)
What did ancient parts of Egypt and Africa use as a diaper rash/skin infection cream?
Animal Dung
What famous female serial killer allegedly tortured and killed hundreds of young women, legend says she bathed in the blood of virgins to stay young.
The "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Bathory (1560-1614)
Which group of peoples did Canadians put in their very own interment camps during WWII?
Germans. About 10,000 of them.
True or False: Operation Wetback was a real movement.
True, in 1954, massive deportation campaign targeting Mexican immigrants, including legal residents.
Which Russian King once killed their own son in a fit of rage?
King Ivan IV of Russian, "Ivan the Terrible." He also divulged in violent rages, paranoia, and brutal purges.
What product was used in baby powders or cosmetics to whiten the skin and protect them from evil spirits?
Lead or arsenic
Who was know as the "Gray Man" who was a cannibal and child murderer. He'd actually send the victims' families letters describing the acts.
Albert Fish, (1870-1936, USA.)
Which immigrate group were forced to pay hefty "head taxes" to enter Canada? Even though they were later outright banned from entering Canada.
Chinese immigrants (1885-1947)
What what the Executive Order 9066 (1942) for? What ethnic group was it targeted towards?