FunTrivia History Mix: Vol 23 Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

It is thought that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built in proxity to the Euphrates River. Until now there has been little proof of its actual existence. However, the recent discovery of the Aqueduct of Jerwan, which could have been the method by which it was watered, has given support to its authenticity.



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Answer: United States and the United Kingdom

During World War II the three major Axis powers were Japan, Germany, and Italy.

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Answer: Julius Caesar (born 100 BC)

Cleopatra was born in 69 BC. She met Roman dictator Julius Caesar in 46 BC in Alexandria during Caesar's civil war. They spent a lot of time together in Egypt, and had a child nicknamed Caesarion ("little Caesar").

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Answer: Cymru

The Heptarchy, or seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, that merged over time to form the Kingdom of England were Wessex, Essex, Sussex, Northumbria, East Anglia, Mercia, and Kent. Wessex ('Westseaxna' or "Kingdom of the West Saxons") became the dominant kingdom of the seven, and King Ecgberht of Wessex became the first 'bretwalda' ("wide-ruler") of several (more or less) united Anglo-Saxon lands, though he could not long maintain the unity.

His grandson Alfred the Great (also King of Wessex) reconquered London and was the first to use the style "King of the Anglo-Saxons", and he is often listed as the first king of England.

The first to be officially recognized as "King of the English", however, was Alfred's grandson Æthelstan in 927, and England has remained as one ever since. Cymru is the Welsh name for Wales, a Celtic country which was not annexed to the Kingdom of England until 1284.

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Answer: Pipe organ

It is believed that the first pipe organ was made by the Greek mathematician, inventor and engineer, Archimedes. The bishop had an organ with four hundred pipes that contained twenty-six bellows placed in his cathedral. The colossal instrument took seventy men to operate.

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Answer: Krakatoa Eruption

The Krakatoa eruption (in Indonesia) was heard over 4,500 kilometers away and the blast was equal to the detonation of over 21,000 atomic bombs. The final death toll was estimated at 36,417.

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Answer: Cocoa Beach, Florida

Cocoa Beach, Florida, is about seven miles from the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral, from where all Space Shuttles were launched.

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Answer: Britain and France

As the collapse of the Ottoman Empire was imminent Britain and France came to an agreement, known as the Sykes-Picot agreement after the names of the two diplomats that came up with the plan that was signed on May 16, 1916. The line was drawn on a map starting roughly at the letter E of Acre and ending at the letter K of Kirkuk.

The top half that included Syria, Lebanon and a large chunk of Anatolia, was given to France and the bottom half that included Palestine, Transjordan and Iraq to Britain.

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Answer: Golden Hind

The "Golden Hind", captained by Sir Francis Drake, returned to Plymouth Harbor on September 26, 1580 with 56 of the 100 original crew. Queen Elizabeth bestowed a knighthood on Francis Drake when she saw how profitable the crew's around the world journey turned out to be.

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Answer: A pub catering to homosexuals

On July 8, the Bow Street Runners (London's police force at the time) shook down the White Swan, a 'molly house', a tavern where homosexual men could socialize. Male homosexuality had been illegal in England since Henry VIII had passed the first 'Buggery Act' in 1533, but the White Swan raid was the first large-scale case of enforcement on record.

A total of 47 men were arrested that night, 8 were convicted and pilloried and two (including a 14-year-old) were executed by hanging. The 'Vere Street Coterie' as the men who gathered at the Swan were called, included a Congregational minister, John Church, who was performing unofficial gay marriages on site.

In 1813, a book appeared about the raid, called 'The Phoenix of Sodom, or the Vere Street Coterie; Being an Exhibition of the Gambols Practiced by the Ancient Lechers of Sodom and Gomorrah Embellished and Improved with the Modern Refinements of Sodomitical Practices of the Vere Street Coterie, of Detestable Memory'.

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