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Ms V Trivia
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Roman Britain
100

Taylor Swift wrote "Bad Blood" as a diss track against which other pop star?

Katy Perry

100
What period of history does Ms V like the most - prehistory, ancient, medieval or modern?

Ancient!

100

What year was the Truman Doctrine introduced?

1947

100

What musical instrument does Chappell Roan often play during her live shows?

Piano

100

Name the 2 types of provinces

Senatorial and Imperial

200

What movie won "Best Picture" at the 2024 Oscars?

Oppenheimer

200

What country did Ms V most recently visit (not including transit)?

Turkiye

200

First successful satellite in space?

Sputnik I

200

Name 2 Coldplay songs

E.g. Clocks, Viva La Vida, Sky Full of Stars, Yellow, Trouble, Magic

200

Name a Roman colony in Britain

E.g. Camulodunum/Colchester, Londinium/London, Kent

300

How tall is Sabrina Carpenter?

1.52m/5ft

300

What is Ms V's favourite cuisine?

Korean

300

Month + year of the Bay of Pigs invasion?

April 1961

300

What is Rihanna's real name?

Robyn Fenty

300

Who was emperor before Hadrian?

Trajan

400

Fiyero from Wicked becomes which character from the Wizard of Oz?

Scarecrow

400

What is Ms V's star sign?

Libra

400

Name the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR

Nikita Khrushchev

400

What pop star wrote songs for Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears and Alice Cooper?

Ke$ha

400

Name the battle/disaster where 20000 Roman men were killed by Germans

Battle of the Teutoburg Forest/Varian Disaster

500

What was the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture at the Oscars?

Parasite

500

What is the name of the archaeological site Ms V dug at?

Zagora!

500

Name the post WW2 conference where leaders of the USSR, USA and UK discussed the post war world

Yalta Conference or Potsdam Conference

500

Name a song which is also a capital city

Havana, Budapest

500

Name 3 positions on the cursus honorum

Consul, praetor, aedile, quaestor, tribune
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