Christian Scandals
The Anglican Church was started by King Henry XIII for what primary reason?
So he could divorce Katherine of Aragon
This Russian novel chronicles the Napoleonic wars and their effect on Russian society.
War and Peace(Война и мир) By Leo Tolstoy
What medication was first discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928?
Penicillin
What was the name of the cat that guarded the entrance to the British Museum until his death in 1929?
Mike
What was the common term for a pirate who had government permission to attack enemy ships?
Privateer
What was the most number of Popes to have ever existed at once?
3
In this iconic 19th century novel the titular character accomplishes the impossible: creating life itself.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
This hypothesis for explaining the transmission and acquisition of diseases was developed in the 19th century and is held as true in modern medicine.
Germ Theory
What was the name OR nickname of the ship’s cat that is said to have survived the sinking of 3 ships: The Bismarck, HMS Cossack, and HMS Ark Royal?
Unsinkable Sam/Oscar
What civilization is credited with developing the first sails, around 3000 BC?
The Egyptians
It is estimated that how many people died during the Spanish Inquisition?
5000
The titular character of this 18th century novel is stranded on a Caribbean island for 28 years.
Robinson Crusoe By Daniel Defoe
This acronym stands for a kind of medical facility developed in the 1940s and utilized during the Korean War.
M.A.S.H (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital)
What were the names of the two beloved pet cats of President Abraham Lincoln?
Tabby and Dixie
What famous Portuguese explorer was the first European to reach India by sea, establishing the Portuguese monopoly over the spice trade?
Vasco de Gama
One of the primary reasons for the protestant reformation was due to corruption within the Catholic One practice that had people particularly upset was the Buying of Indulgences. When someone bought indulgences, what were they functionally buying in this purchase?
Their way into Heaven
This novel, set in France during and before the French Revolution, opens with the famous line “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”.
A Tale of Two Cities By Charles Dickinson
Originally dismissed as an unscientific practice of midwives, what practice did doctors in the 19th century take up after realizing its health benefits and reliability?
Hand washing
This French cat was the only cat ever launched into space. She was recovered alive but was euthanized two months later to study her brain.
Felicette
The medieval trade organization of the Hanseatic League dominated maritime trade where?
Northern Europe
During the 10th century, King Henry II wished to shift power away from the Church and concentrate it in his own hands. Thomas Becket was making this job particularly difficult and so (perhaps unintentionally), Henry II had him killed. What was Becket’s title/position within the Church at the time of his death?
Archbishop (of Canterbury)
This 17th century novel follows the adventures of its titular character as he engages in numerous acts of delusional heroism.
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha By Miguel de Cervantes
What age old medical practice has often been decried as “savage and disgusting” yet it is still used (occasionally) to this day?
Leeching
Companion to Crown Prince Thutmose of the 18th dynasty of Egypt, what cat was mummified and placed in a decorated sarcophagus upon her death?
Ta-Miu
What tool, first widely used in medieval Europe, allowed sailors to determine latitude based on the altitude of the stars?
Astrolabe