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1. Which of the following was NOT predicted as a cause for the world's end in the year 2000?
2. Which of the following groups did NOT attempt to commit mass suicide over an expectation of the end of the world?
3. When Charles Piazzi Smyth predicted the world's end in 1881, then again at various times between 1892 and 1911, on what was he basing his reasoning?
4. Edgar Whisenant, author of "88 reasons why the Rapture will be in 1988", got a lot of attention because of his previous occupation. What was that occupation?
5. A lawsuit from Hawaii (which was defeated in 2008) was attempting to stop the destruction of the Earth. What was the lawsuit supposed to do?
6. Pope Innocent III predicted Armageddon in the year 1284, because it was exactly what?
7. According to Charles Mackay, a chicken in the town of Leeds, England caused a mass panic in 1806 when it started laying eggs with what phrase printed on them?
8. On 16th July 1945, what potentially world-shattering event took place?
9. Armageddon has been predicted on years in which the date of the Annunciation (the day the angel Gabriel told Mary she was pregnant with the Messiah) coincides with what other religious date?
10. All the failed predictions for the Millennial Apocalypse in the year 2000 resurfaced in 2001. Why?
11. What 16th century poet is known for his psychic rhymes of four lines (or "quatrains"), predicting among other things disaster in 1999?
12. There were a mass of predictions of an Armageddon in the year 1000.
13. Which 1938 radio teleplay caused people to think the world was ending?
14. Which of the following people has NOT predicted the end of the world?
15. When Harold Camping's prediction of the Rapture (the event when some people are taken directly to Heaven prior to Armageddon) taking place on May 21st, 2011 came and went without incident, what did Camping do?
16. Aum Shinrikyo, the Japanese cult led by Shoko Asahara, carried out what event in 1995, in preparation for the world's end?
17. According to the Talmud and the Zohar, how long will the world exist?
18. There were a lot of predictions of the end of the world in the year 500.
19. A prediction of Armageddon in 634 BCE coincided with what prophetic anniversary?
20. The Great Fire of London managed to convince many people that the Apocalypse was at hand. What year did it take place?
21. In May of 1780, in the midst of the American Revolution, something happened to convince citizens of New England that the world was ending. What would this event be called?
22. New Mexico State Police arrested Michael Travesser, leader of the Lord Our Righteousness Church (and self-proclaimed Messiah) in 2008 on charges of child molestation. Had the world ended on Travesser's predicted date, he would have avoided the indignity ... When was the prediction?
23. In 1986, what heavenly body was predicted to cause untold devastation when it struck the Earth?
24. What religious group was blamed for the Great Fire of Rome, which took place during the reign of Emperor Nero?
25. Which of the following is NOT predicted to end the world in 2012?
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