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Ralph: "Firstly, due to laws on bakeries at the time, this lady's words may not have been as evil as they sound today. But, in actual fact, these words first appeared in print in 1766, when this famous queen was just 11. I would suggest that this story was put together by angry citizens of the time, who aimed to make this woman even more unpopular than she already was."
To which queen is Ralph referring? |
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Ralph: "I put it to you that your misunderstanding of a Latin phrase was the cause of a major modern misconception about the ways of ancient Rome. Your great work, "Pollice Verso", can be seen as popularizing the myth that a thumbs-down gesture from the emperor was used to put a gladiator to death. This, we now understand, was not necessarily the case."
Which 19th century French artist is Ralph addressing here? |
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Ralph: "Great discoveries tend to be linked with simple sparks, such as Franklin's kite, Darwin's finches, and Mendel's peas. I would suggest that you, Voltaire, tweaked a fruity tale about this great scientist to create a story which is still well known by schoolchildren around the world today."
To which scientist is Ralph referring? |
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Ralph: "Whilst this product is accepted by most to have been invented by Thomas Edison, scientists such as Sir Humphry Davy, Warren de la Rue, and Sir Joseph Wilson Swan may have something to say on the issue. The fame of Edison at the time is the probable explanation for the spreading of the myth that he invented this revolutionary product."
What invention is Ralph talking about? |
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Ralph: "This is a clear example of a false accusation to further tarnish the image of an already despised ruler. Firstly, this man could not have started the infamous fire in Rome, as many sources place him several miles away, in Antium at the time. Moreover, if taken to mean a violin, the fiddle which he supposedly played whilst many died was not even invented until the next millennium!"
Which tyrannical ruler is Ralph providing an alibi for? |
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Ralph: "Thomas Fuller, I put it to you that you are at least partly responsible for spreading the myth of how an English king knighted a piece of meat, thus giving us the sirloin steak. In fact, the word's origin is not as extravagant as many are led to believe, and is actually taken from the French for "above the loin"."
What king is most famously linked to this legend? |
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Ralph: "This curious character's existence is simply a way of discouraging the voyeurs. The first appearance of this man was made a full 600 years after the first written account of Lady Godiva's ride through Coventry, which itself is now accepted to never have happened."
To which man is Ralph referring? |
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Ralph: "Limes were never used by this famous explorer as a way of preventing scurvy whilst at sea. Although limes *were* used, they were pre-dated by lemon juice, and even this commodity was only introduced by the Admiralty some 20 years after the death of this man."
Which globe-trotter is Ralph discussing here? |
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Ralph: "Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, your ignorance was the cause of the execution of 20 citizens in 1692/3. Furthermore, the game of Chinese whispers over the next few centuries resulted in another historical myth - that these citizens were burned at the stake for their supposed wrong-doings."
To which event is Ralph alluding? |
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Ralph: "This man's alleged appointment of his horse to the senate was born from rumour and has stuck for over 2,000 years due to its eccentricity. The eccentricity of the man himself was what made this myth so believable, but alas, there is no evidence to substantiate it."
What man is Ralph talking about? |
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