History Redux
Whose last meal was recreated?
The RMS Titanic
What do some historians believe about historical military reenactments?
Answer may vary
Example: Overemphasize the role of war in history
What is presentism?
focusing too much on the 20th and 21st centuries—and against sifting selectively though the past to find support for their current social agendas.
What is nostalgia?
Definition may vary
Example: to reminisce about something
Where was an ancient, 2000 year old, Buddhist temple found?
Pakistan
What is a Roman Thermopolium?
An ancient fast food restaurant which ruins were unearthed in what used to be the ancient city of Pompeii
Who wrote Operation Sherlock 1986?
Bruce Coville
Who controversially played Ghandi?
Ben Kingsley
What does the Old Man of Shanidar tell us?
It tells us that Neanderthals are capable of taking care of each other
What is the Rosetta Stone?
A stone that helped historians translate ancient text from three writing systems: hieroglyphics, demotic script, greek
Where can you eat 19th century ice cream?
Heritage Park
What controversy surrounds the game Oregon Trail?
It celebrates imperialism and ignores native american suffering
What's special about Hamilton?
- Colour-blind casting
- Hip Hop renditions
What is Back Breeding?
Answer may vary
Example:
In back-breeding, ancestral phenotypes may be resurrected after many generations, but the genes that underlie these phenotypes may differ from those that were present in the extinct species.
What is Petra?
One of the world's most famous archaeological sites. It combines Hellenistic and Eastern architecture. Capital of the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan.
What is wabble and daub?
Wattle and daub is a composite building method used for making walls and buildings
Which historical game allows players to have a bird's eye view?
Age of Empires
What is the Mountaintop?
A play about the last days of Martin Luther King. Controversial because the main actor is white.
What species does Ben Novak plan to revive by 2025?
Passenger Pigeon
What is LIDAR?
Light Detection and Ranging is a remote sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure ranges (variable distances) to the Earth.
Who is Aaron Delehanty?
He constructs dioramas for museums
What is the most inaccurate in the game Assassins Creed?
The weapons
Who is Jordan Lloyd?
- Calls himself a visual historian
- Known for manually coloring black-and-white photos
- Believes that AI colored photos are inaccurate
What is the life span of DNA?
6.8 million years
Where were the remnants of a WW2 RAF aircraft found?
England, Bristol