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History of Western Culture

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : European Cultures : History of Western Culture

Introduction:
"Interesting tidbits surrounding the Reformation, art, and the eating habits of Western culture."


1. Who was called the 'Morning Star of the Reformation'?
    Calvin
    Luther
    Erasmus
    Wyclif


2. Who did Martin Luther call Grobiana...a filthy, scurvy vice..originating from the German 'Grob'?
    Answer: (One Word)


3. What food item was mistakenly called 'D'inde'?
    Turkey
    Fowl
    Curry
    Ham


4. Why did the French resist eating Potatoes for awhile in the 17th century?
    they were much too flavorless
    they were too funny looking
    they belonged to the nightshade family
    they did not compliment traditional dishes


5. Gargantua was to Pantagruel as Rabelais was to __________?
    Panurge
    Theodule
    Thaumos
    laura


6. Which writer's name came from Latin: 'taxus', meaning 'Yew-tree'?
    Ariosto
    Tasso
    Montaigne
    Rabelais


7. Who was known as: Phillipus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim?
    Bruno Giordano
    Paracelsus
    Agricola
    Hermes Trismegistus


8. Which play by Racine was booed and hissed off the stage, which made him vow to never write another play?
    Le Cid
    The Litigants
    Phedre
    Asther


9. Who designed 106 fortresses for Louis XIV?
    Bolybloke
    John Law
    Peter the Great
    Vauban


10. Which Belgian coined the term 'gas' from the term -Gascht-?
    Agricola
    Joachim Jung
    Van Helmont
    Paracelsus


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