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Quiz about The 70s Across the Centuries
Quiz about The 70s Across the Centuries

The 70s Across the Centuries Trivia Quiz


The 70s ... It was the "me decade" that gave rise to outrageous personal expression and equally outrageous reactions.

A multiple-choice quiz by sidnobls. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
sidnobls
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
277,082
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
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1648
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. In 1977 Harvey Milk, a politically active gay man in San Francisco, was elected to the Board of Supervisors. He was assassinated by former City Supervisor Dan White. Complete Milk's famous prophetic slogan displayed in the San Francisco Plaza which bears his name. "If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every __
__ ."
Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In the 1870s, Sophia Perovskaya participated in three assassination attempts on the Tsar - near Moscow, in Odessa, and Saint Petersburg. The third attempt was successful and killed which Tsar? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. On May 1, 1776, Adam Weishaupt founded the Order of the Illuminati in Bavaria. The mission of the Order was to establish a 'New World Order' by abolishing all monarchies and religions. The society was an elaborate network of spies and cells.Which world leader described Weishaupt as "an enthusiastic philanthropist."? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The Restoration era in England saw William Wycherley and other playwrights pen comedies that triumphantly reasserted aristocratic dominance and prestige after so many years of Puritan oppression during Oliver Cromwell's rule. Wycherley's "The Country Wife" was written in 1675, but deemed too controversial to be printed or produced between 1753 and 1924! What is the main plot device exploited in Wycherley's play? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In response to Elizabeth I passing the "Act of Supremacy" in 1559, re-establishing the Church of Englands independence from Rome, a papal bull was issued in 1570 by Pope Pius V. It declared "Elizabeth, the pretended Queen of England and the servant of crime" to be a heretic, released all her subjects from any allegiance to her and excommunicated any that obeyed her orders. What was the name of the bull issued on that date? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In the 1470s the Orkney and Shetland Islands were a province of Norway. How did they come to be owned by Scotland? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Dancing mania occurred in mainland Europe beginning in the 1370s. Groups of people would dance through the streets, foaming at the mouth or speaking in tongues, until they collapsed from exhaustion. What was discovered to be the cause of dancing mania centuries later? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Thomas Aquinas had a mystical experience while celebrating Mass on December 6, 1273. At this point, he stopped work on the piece he had been writing, saying "I cannot go on ... All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me." What was Aquinas writing, which later, even though unfinished, became considered his greatest work? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Thomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170. He contested King Henry II over the rights and privileges of the Church and was assassinated by followers of the king in Canterbury Cathedral on December 29, 1170. Which of the following did not participate in the assassination? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Odo of Bayeux was the half-brother of William the Conqueror, and was for a time second only to the king in wealth and power in England. He was at various times Earl of Kent, a royal minister, a soldier and Regent of England. What job title would have been on Odo's business card? Hint



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1. In 1977 Harvey Milk, a politically active gay man in San Francisco, was elected to the Board of Supervisors. He was assassinated by former City Supervisor Dan White. Complete Milk's famous prophetic slogan displayed in the San Francisco Plaza which bears his name. "If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every __ __ ."

Answer: closet door

For his double murder of Milk and Mayor George Moscone, Dan White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter on the grounds of "diminished capacity" from eating too many Twinkies(R). He was sentenced to seven years and eight months.
2. In the 1870s, Sophia Perovskaya participated in three assassination attempts on the Tsar - near Moscow, in Odessa, and Saint Petersburg. The third attempt was successful and killed which Tsar?

Answer: Alexander II

Perovskaya was a student, medical assistant and teacher who conducted anti-tsarist propaganda among students, soldiers, and workers. She was arrested twice, acquitted once, and escaped exile the second time. Perovskaya took part in organizing an opposition newspaper and acted as envoy between political prisoners in St. Petersburg, Russia.

In no small part, Alexander II's fate was sealed by limiting Victorian sensibilities toward women as political criminals. Sophia Perovskaya was the first woman in Russia to be executed in connection with a political crime.
3. On May 1, 1776, Adam Weishaupt founded the Order of the Illuminati in Bavaria. The mission of the Order was to establish a 'New World Order' by abolishing all monarchies and religions. The society was an elaborate network of spies and cells.Which world leader described Weishaupt as "an enthusiastic philanthropist."?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States from 1801-1809, and was a key Enlightenment figure. He was an avowed Deist, excising all Christological references from his Bible with a pen knife. Adolf Hitler was the Chancellor of Germany, then the self proclaimed "Fuehrer". George W. Bush was President of the United States from 2001-2009. Erich Honecker was leader of the German Democratic Republic from 1971-1990.

He died in exile in Chile after the collapse of his regime.
4. The Restoration era in England saw William Wycherley and other playwrights pen comedies that triumphantly reasserted aristocratic dominance and prestige after so many years of Puritan oppression during Oliver Cromwell's rule. Wycherley's "The Country Wife" was written in 1675, but deemed too controversial to be printed or produced between 1753 and 1924! What is the main plot device exploited in Wycherley's play?

Answer: a womanizer feigns impotence to seduce unsuspecting wives

'The Country Wife' was based on several plays by Molière, adapted for London audiences who demanded plain speech rather than verse, faster pacing and lots of sexual humor.
5. In response to Elizabeth I passing the "Act of Supremacy" in 1559, re-establishing the Church of Englands independence from Rome, a papal bull was issued in 1570 by Pope Pius V. It declared "Elizabeth, the pretended Queen of England and the servant of crime" to be a heretic, released all her subjects from any allegiance to her and excommunicated any that obeyed her orders. What was the name of the bull issued on that date?

Answer: Regnans in Excelsis

Papal bulls, written in Latin, are named from the first three words of their text. 'Regnans in Excelsis' means "ruling from on high". It is ironic that this particular bull would be known as such considering its intent. All the others are papal bulls as well: "Cum ex apostolatus officio" by Paul IV in 1559 confirmed that only Catholics can be elected Popes; "Inter gravissimas" by Gregory XIII established the Gregorian calendar in 1582; "Cum nimis absurdum" ("Since it is absurd") by Paul IV in 1555 placed religious and economic restrictions on Jews in the Papal States.
6. In the 1470s the Orkney and Shetland Islands were a province of Norway. How did they come to be owned by Scotland?

Answer: they were pawned for dowry money

When King of Denmark and Norway - Christian I's daughter Margaret became engaged to James III of Scotland, he needed money to pay her dowry. Unbeknownst to any countrymen, he pawned Orkney to the Scots for 50,000 guilders, and then he also pawned Shetland for 8,000 guilders. The properties were never successfully redeemed by Norway.
7. Dancing mania occurred in mainland Europe beginning in the 1370s. Groups of people would dance through the streets, foaming at the mouth or speaking in tongues, until they collapsed from exhaustion. What was discovered to be the cause of dancing mania centuries later?

Answer: St. Anthony's Fire

The dancers went through the streets screaming of wild visions, and even continued to writhe and twist after they collapsed from exhaustion. Symptoms can be attributed to ergot poisoning, also known as "St. Anthony's Fire". It was caused by eating rye infected with 'claviceps purpurea', a small fungus. Sydenham's chorea, is a disorder more commonly known as "St. Vitus' Dance" which results from childhood infection with Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococci, and is totally unrelated to manic dancing.
8. Thomas Aquinas had a mystical experience while celebrating Mass on December 6, 1273. At this point, he stopped work on the piece he had been writing, saying "I cannot go on ... All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me." What was Aquinas writing, which later, even though unfinished, became considered his greatest work?

Answer: Summa Theologica

The Summa Theologica was written as a manual for beginners in the faith, and contained all of the common theology of the day. Thomas Aquinas died in 1274.
9. Thomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170. He contested King Henry II over the rights and privileges of the Church and was assassinated by followers of the king in Canterbury Cathedral on December 29, 1170. Which of the following did not participate in the assassination?

Answer: Edward Grim

Edward Grim was also wounded in the attack and survived to later become Becket's biographer.
10. Odo of Bayeux was the half-brother of William the Conqueror, and was for a time second only to the king in wealth and power in England. He was at various times Earl of Kent, a royal minister, a soldier and Regent of England. What job title would have been on Odo's business card?

Answer: Bishophod

Rex Anglorum is Latin for "King of the English" - a title which Odo never held. Chaunceler was an important court official, but not a post held by Odo. Osteiour was a soldier, and that aspiration was Odo's unraveling. He was disgraced and imprisoned for having planned a military expedition to Italy without the King's consent.

Some speculate that he sought to install himself as Pope. Odo was eventually tried for defrauding the Crown and the Diocese of Canterbury. He spent years in prison and his estates reverted to the King, but he was never removed as Bishop of Bayeux. Odo died in the first crusade in Sicily.
Source: Author sidnobls

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