Ignorance is Blitz Online Quiz | Literature

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1. "Ignorance is Blitz" is a compilation of excerpts from College and University students' history exams and papers, rewriting history as we know it. Compiled and edited by Professor Anders Henriksson, Workman Publishing 2008, it's a laugh-out-loud twist of historical facts and events. So, let's get started with the quiz. What can the first missing word be? "_______, as we know, is always bias, because human beings have to be studied by other human beings, not independent observers of another species".

Answer: History

As we learn in "Ignorance is Blitz", a compilation of excerpts from College and University students' history exams and papers:

"From the secondary sources we are given hindsight into the future. Hindsight, after all, is caused by a lack of foresight. Another useful method is through textual decomposition. Literature can open valuable windows into the past if the reader is careful to pluck bites of reality from the author's figlets of imagination".

2. Now that we have our definition of the subject at hand straight, let's take a closer look at prehistory. "Early _______ was known as "scratch and burn."" Which word fills in the quote from "Ignorance is Blitz"?

Answer: agriculture

Of course, the proper term would have been "slash and burn".

As we learn in "Ignorance is Blitz", a compilation of excerpts from College and University students' history exams and papers:

In regards to other eating habits of prehistoric man, we learn that "When animals were not available people ate nuts and barrys".
No wonder one student, possibly named Barry, noted "We feel fortunate not to have to live threw these times".

3. Moving on to antiquity and Egypt, we learn that "The ______s were large square triangles built in the dessert. O'Cyrus, a god who lived in a _____, would give you the afterlife if your sole was on straight". Which words fill in the quote from "Ignorance is Blitz"?

Answer: pyramid

As we learn in "Ignorance is Blitz", a compilation of excerpts from College and University students' history exams and papers:

Noted is also that "Babylon was similar to Egypt because of the differences they had apart from each other. Egypt, for example, had only Egyptians, but Babylon had Summarians, Acadians, and Canadians, to name just a few".

4. Other religions also existed at that time. "Judyism was the first monolithic religion. It had one big _____ named Yahoo". Which word fills in the quote from "Ignorance is Blitz"?

Answer: God

As we learn in "Ignorance is Blitz", a compilation of excerpts from College and University students' history exams and papers:

Based on what we next learn about Judaism, it must have been a very adventurous religion. "Moses was told by Jesus Christ to lead the people out of Egypt into the Sahaira Desert. The Book of Exodus describes this trip and the amazing things that happened on it, including the Ten Commandments, various special effects, and the building of the Suez Canal. Forty centuries later they arrived in Canada. This was the promise land of milk and chocolate".

5. Next we come to the Classical Age. This would be the time when a very famous woman, "________ launched a thousand ships with her face". Which word fills in the quote from "Ignorance is Blitz"?

Answer: Helen of Troy

As we learn in "Ignorance is Blitz", a compilation of excerpts from College and University students' history exams and papers:

At the time "Greek semen ruled the Agean. We know about this thanks to Homer's story about Ulysees Grant and Illiad, the painful wife he left behind". If you've ever wondered what the real reason was that the Greeks won the war, it was "because they had wooden horses, while the Trojans were only able to fight with their feet".

6. Of course there were other famous people living during this era than the woman mentioned in the previous question. For example, the father of Alexander the Great "________ of Mastodon" who "captured Greece and then was killed in a family sprawl". Which word fills in the quote from "Ignorance is Blitz"?

Answer: Philip

As we learn in "Ignorance is Blitz", a compilation of excerpts from College and University students' history exams and papers:

His son, Alexander the Great, "conquered Persia, Egypt, and Japan. Sadly, he died with no hairs".

7. Another great empire was soon to be born. It all started when "_________ was founded sometime by Uncle Remus and Wolf". Which word fills in the quote from "Ignorance is Blitz"?

Answer: Rome

As we learn in "Ignorance is Blitz", a compilation of excerpts from College and University students' history exams and papers:

"Slaves led existences of long and ornery work. Spartacus led a slave revolt and later was in a movie about this. The Roman republic was bothered by intestinal wars".

8. A little bit later, along came a man that was "assassinated on the Yikes of March". Who might this have been? Which word fills in the quote from "Ignorance is Blitz"?

Answer: Julius Caesar

As we learn in "Ignorance is Blitz", a compilation of excerpts from College and University students' history exams and papers:

According to this student, he also "inspired his men by stating, I came, I saw, I went", and when he was "assinated, he is reported to have said, Me too, Brutus".
I wonder if the "assination" might have been a form of dress rehearsal for his assassination on the Ides of March, where he supposedly said "Et tu, Brute"?

9. A big difference between the Romans and the Greeks were that "The Romans had smaller, more practical ______ than the Greeks". Which word fills in the quote from "Ignorance is Blitz"?

Answer: brains

As we learn in "Ignorance is Blitz", a compilation of excerpts from College and University students' history exams and papers:

"Pagan Roman philosophers included Cicero, Marcus Aorta, and St. Jerome. Stoicism is the belief that you should get through life by baring your troubles. This is shown in the Medications of Marcus Aurelius".

10. Next we come to the rise of Christianity. Noted is that "Christianity was just another mystery cult until ________ was born". Which word fills in the quote from "Ignorance is Blitz"?

Answer: Jesus

As we learn in "Ignorance is Blitz", a compilation of excerpts from College and University students' history exams and papers:

"The mother of Jesus was Mary, who was different from other women because of her immaculate contraption".

And that concludes this quiz where every right answer still makes it wrong. I hope you had a fun time. :o )

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Ignorance is Blitz Trivia Quiz

"Ignorance is Blitz" is one of the funniest reads ever. In this quiz, it'll be your task to fill in what's missing from the quotes. A quiz where even the right answer will be wrong but still correct. I hope you'll have fun. :o )

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