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1. Which of these four animals did the Montgolfier brothers NOT include in their first hot air balloon test flight?

Answer: A cat

It happened on September 19,1783. The Montgolfier brothers were papermakers. The first manned flight was made by two other Frenchmen:J.F.Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes. That happened on November 21, 1783.

2. Which of these ladies told the British Military Staff they could save a few more lives if they made better efforts to provide sanitary regulations, clean linen and a healthy diet for the troops?

Answer: Florence Nightingale

Queen Victoria lived from 1819 till 1901. Florence Nightingale from 1820 till 1910. Her byname was :the Lady of the Lamp. Edith Cavell was a Norfolk born nurse (1865) and was courtmartialled by the Germans on October 7, and executed on October 9, 1915. Lily Langtry, also known as the Jersey Lily , lived from 1853 till 1929. She was one of the very first society women to go on stage.

3. Where did the first performance of Handel's Messiah take place?

Answer: Dublin

Dublin, April 13,1742, in the presence of the King who rose at the Hallelujah. Since then, this has become a tradition.

4. What's the name of the Gulf at the entrance of which (in 1571) the battle of Lepanto took place?

Answer: Gulf of Corinth

The Gulf was originally called the Gulf of Lepanto. From the Gulf of Patras, ships sailed into the Gulf of Corinth and then onto the Corinth Isthmus to the Saronic Gulf. Lepanto was where a Papal Fleet stopped the Turks.

5. All of these astronomers believed that our planet-system was heliocentric, and that the planets turned around the sun. Who was the one that still believed our planet was an exception however, and remained static?

Answer: Tycho Brahe

Johann Kepler (1571-1630 ,in Regensburg) thought of the sun as being static. Nicolai Copernicus (1473 Torun-Frombork 1543) also saw the sun as a passive, resting element in space. Galileo Galilei (1564 Pisa-1642 near Florence) shared some of Kepler's views. Tycho Brahe(1546-1601) thought that the planets moved around the the sun but that the earth was a static outsider.

6. Three of the following names actually refer to the same group of Knights. Which is the four that is NOT synonymous with the others?

Answer: Knights Templars

From 1113 till 1309, there was the Order of the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem. That Order became the Knights of Rhodes(1309-1529). The name was changed into Knights of Malta (1530-1798). Then, they got the name of Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta...Their original job was to take care of sick pilgrims.

The Templars were an altogether different lot. Just remember this simile: as drunk as a lord (=a Lord Templar). Templars were founded in 12th century as well.

7. All of these Generals and Politicians were involved in the history of the Chilean nation. One of them however was not born a Chilean. Which one?

Answer: Jose San Martin

Azocar succeeded to Pinochet. He himself was succeeded by Eduardo Frei(March 11,1994). Gossens got a doctor's degree in 1932 and was a Marxist activist. He was also the co-founder of Socialist party in 1933. After a few failed attempts, he finally managed to win the Presidential elections in 1970, but was overthrown by a military coup on September 11,1973. Bernardo O'Higgins was the first Chilean Head of State. General Jose San Martin was an Argentinian who played a role inthe revolutions of Argentina (1812), Chile (1818) and Peru in 1821.

8. What was the name taken by Princess Pocahontas after she had married John Rolfe?

Answer: Rebecca

Powhatan was her father. Matoaka was her original name. Jane Pierce was the woman who John Rolfe married after the death of Pocahontas from smallpox.

9. Which of these was NOT a contemporary of Suleyman the Magnificent?

Answer: Sultan Saladin of Egypt and Syria

Henry VIII had the six wives..(1509-1547. Francis I (1494-1547), was a man of great education and culture but often at war with Charles V (1500 Gent -1558 Yuste). Saladin lived from 1137-1193 and was said to be one of the great idols of Saddam Hussein as he withstood a coalition of France, England and Germany during the Third Crusade.

10. Which of these prophets had a quarrel with Queen Jezebel and her Baal Priests?

Answer: Elijah

Habakuk was one of the so-called Minor Prophets. He probably lived before 612BC. Elijah saved the religion of Yahweh from being corrupted by the Baal nature worship. His name means, 'Yahweh is my God'. Amos was a Judean prophet from the village of Tehoa.

He was active during reign of Jeroboam II (786-746 BC.). Isaiah was reputed to have had a 'vision of God' about 742 BC. Jezebel was the wife of King Ahab. As had been prophesied, after her death, her corpse was found half eaten by dogs.

Source: Author flem-ish

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