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TRUE OR FALSE: The windmill was invented before gunpowder. 

FALSE: The Windmill was invented in the year 950 and gunpowder in the year 850 BCE

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True or False: Da Vinci, the famous Italian painter, is also praised for designing a helicopter.

TRUE

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TRUE OR FALSE: The pyramids of Giza were built before the mammoth was extinct 

TRUE! And Stonehenge too!

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TRUE OR FALSE: The Cold War has that  name because it was fought in the winter

FALSE :P it has that name because the main two players in the war never actually fought each other. 

100

What century was the first design of the submarine in?

Fourteenth Century: 1578 by William Bourne

200

TRUE OR FALSE: The automobile was invented before the radio

TRUE! The radio was invented 22 years AFTER the automobile!

200

Who was wealthier? 

A) Mansa Musa, the king of the African country of Mali

B) Queen Elizabeth II of England

A) Mansa Musa (1312-1337) was the wealthiest king of all time. 

200

True or False: Ancient Mayans were able to predict eclipses!

TRUE!! Mayans astronomers could predict solar and lunar eclipses and even had a calendar more accurate than the Julian calendar. All this without a single telescope or computer.

200

The shortest war ever lasted:

A) 2 days

B) 4 weeks

C) 38 minutes

C) 38 Mins. (Shorter than our class period)

The United Kingdom and the Sultanate of Zanzibar on 27 August 1896. The conflict lasted between 38 and 45 minutes, marking it as the shortest recorded war in history.

200

TRUE OR FALSE: When Israel was formed, Albert Einstein was offered the presidency. 

TRUE: He declined though :P

300

Place these three things in the correct order of invention:

A) Electric lights, B) telephone, C) Photography
C) Photography: 1826/27, B) The telephone: 1876

A) Electric Lights: 1879

300

Disney’s The Lion King is an adaptation of a famous play written by the most famous playwright in the world: ____________

William Shakespeare: The play that the movie is based on is Hamlet. 

Remember who you areeeeee

300

Egyptians used this as a type of “currency” (money)

A) Saphires

B) Wood

C) Beer

C) Beer! The laborers who built the Great Pyramids of Giza were often paid in beer. It was considered both a refreshment and a form of nutrition.

300

What country is still in active war?

A) México

B) South Korea

C) Germany

B) South Korea! It has been at war against North Korea since 1950

300

Which person has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize:

A) Adolf Hitler

B) Joseph Stalin

C) Dr. Simi

D) All the above 

D) All the Above…. Yikes!

400

What was the first technological discovery that the human species made?

Fire

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Your Beautiful teacher, Ceci, was born in the year:

 A) 1857, B) 1985, C)1996, D)2007

C) 1996! She’s only 28 years young ;)

400

Who invented toilet paper?

A) Teacher Ceci

B) Ancient Chinese

C) Kleenex Corp. 

B) Ancient Chinese: This was a luxury item reserved for emperors and high-ranking officials. Meanwhile, Europeans were still using leaves, hay, and even their own hands.

400

Napoleon Bonaparte lost his war efforts because he invaded __________

RUSSIA: During winter, Russia (almost) always wins

400

Does Miss Ceci have:

A) 2 cats

B) 1 cat and 1 dog

C no pets 

A) Two adorable kitties! Lechito and Chiquihuite <3

500

What animal are “vaccines” named after?

Cows: the cow virus “cowpox” was used to make the first vaccines as it helped the human body against the deadly “smallpox” virus.

500

*Trick Question* Which famous Roman Figure did Queen Cleopatra have an affair with?

A)Julius Caesar, B) Mark Anthony


Both :P

500

Were there  robots in Ancient Greece???

YES :0 The Greeks had automated figures known as "automatons" that could perform simple tasks. One famous example is the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek analog computer used for astronomy.

500

Troy won the battle against Sparta because of their giant:

A) mouse

B) tiger

C) horse 

C) Horse: The famous Trojan horse…

500

The most feared pirate of all time was: 

A) Jack Sparrow

B) a Chinese woman

C) Sir Francis Drake

B) a Chinese woman called  Ching Shih. She commanded a fleet of more than 1500 ship and 80,000 sailors.