The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Quiz

Answer: Russia

A Russian court convicted 167 Duma deputies (Russia's legislative body) most of whom were members of the Constitutional Democratic Party (the Kadets). They were found guilty of treason for signing the Vyborg Manifesto and incarcerated for three months. Besides being sentenced to prison for this treasonous act, but the sentenced also carried with it the stripping of all their political rights. The Vryborg manifesto urged Russians to not serve in the country's military or pay any taxes.

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Answer: No one knows for certain

Genghis Khan united all the nomadic tribes into the largest contiguous empire in history. According to various accounts, he asked to be buried in an unmarked grave with his six cats alive, to have their purrs guide him to the afterlife. Many different rumours abound as to where his burial site is located. One rumour suggests that a number of horses trampled over his unmarked grave and a grove of trees were planted over the site. Another rumour says that all the slaves who built his tomb were massacred and the soldiers overseeing them were killed too. The Genghis Khan Mausoleum in Inner Mongolia was built as a memorial to the Great Khan.

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Answer: Mehmed II

For many years the Byzantine Empire was the toughest kid on the block, they had a fearsome and dominant military that would deliver crushing blows to anyone willing to test them. However, the constant political infighting coupled with constant attacks, and serious civil disputes would become too much for them. In May, 1453 Sultan Mehmed II with his vastly larger army and its cannons sacked Constantinople bringing an end to the Byzantine Empire.

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Answer: Iron Hand

Born in Italy, Henri de Tonti was best known for his association with French exploration. After losing his hand during the Third Anglo-Dutch War, he replaced his missing hand with an iron hook over which he wore a glove. This garnered him the nickname of "Iron Hand".

Together with René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle they explored the Mississippi River Valley region and helped to establish the Arkansas Post, the first European permanent settlement near the mouth of the Arkansas River.

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Answer: Utopian

Dissatisfied with the world around them, many sought utopian communities in-order to be part of a perfect society. A handful of these communities would come and go throughout the mid-nineteenth century. Some other well known movements during this time were the Oneida Community which existed in upstate New York, they practiced free love, birth control and eugenics then known as "stirpiculture". This was a selective breeding program designed to breed "perfect children". Another community was The Millerites which disbanded after Jesus failed to appear on October 22, 1843, as promised.

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Answer: 1961

English and Afrikaans speaking White South Africans were divided regarding the issue of the republic. English speaking White South Africans wanted to retain close ties to the United Kingdom, whilst most Afrikaans speaking White South Africans held long-standing anti-British sentiments. A referendum was held in 1960, which ultimately passed in favour of the republic and the Republic of South Africa was established in 1961 and consequently withdrew from the Commonwealth.

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Answer: Hungary

The Hungarian Revolution took place from October 23rd to November 10th. Starting as a student demonstration, it turned into a nationwide revolt against Soviet policies and the Hungarian People's Republic government. Westerners would call these people "freedom fighters", but the Soviets referred to them as "rebels." Those who participated in the revolution were simply outgunned, and outmatched by the far superior, more experienced Soviet military. Estimates have put the death toll from this revolution as high as 20,000 being killed, and more than 35,000 injured.

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Answer: Andrew Jackson

The Battle of Fort Sumter took place April 12-14, 1861 near Charleston, South Carolina. After suffering the two day bombardment, Major Robert Anderson surrendered the fort the Confederate troops. No casualties were reported during the bombardment, but during a 100 gun salute to the flag (Major Anderson's one condition for surrender) six soldiers were wounded when a pile of cartridges exploded from a spark. Two of these soldiers succumbed from their wounds.

Of the four US presidents mentioned, only Andrew Jackson was not alive during the Battle of Fort Sumter having died in 1845. Lincoln was president during the war, Grant fought in the war and van Buren died in 1862 a year after the battle took place.

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Answer: Tunguska Event

Fortunately, the Tunguska event happened in a remote part of Russia, because of this there were no human casualties. Shockingly scientists found that ground zero didn't contain a crater of any size, only trees completely scorched still standing.

Right before the Sochi Olympics in 2014, another meteor found its way into Russia. This time it exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, and knocked people off their feet while hospitalizing over 1,200 people. Due to it happening so close to the Winter Olympics some gold metals actually contained pieces of the Chelyabinsk meteorite. Giving some athletes something literately out of this world.

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Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte

During Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign in 1799, one of his soldiers uncovered a slab of black basalt inscribed with three different scripts, Greek, Egyptian demotic and Egyptian hieroglyphics. All three scripts translate to roughly the same thing, a decree on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The text has been used by Egyptologists to understand Egyptian hieroglyphs. The Rosetta Stone has been on display at the British Museum since 1802.

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