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Any Regrets? Trivia Quiz

Some things become famous because of monumentally bad decisions or because of what happened afterwards. This is about those people and events.

A multiple-choice quiz by drowsteel. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
drowsteel

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
344,367

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Difficult

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Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. When the school district in Bath, Michigan levied a tax to pay for a new, consolidated school, how did local farmer Andrew Kehoe react? Hint

He chained all the school doors shut

He ran his livestock through town

He broke up the school parking lot with a jackhammer

He blew up the school

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Question 2 of 10

2. When Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, advised his son Philip on dueling techniques, what did he tell him? Hint

Don't shoot your opponent

Let your partner fight in your place

Duck

Bring a gun to a knife fight

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Question 3 of 10

3. According to Voltaire, the Portuguese Inquisition executed suspected Jews following the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake. What followed? Hint

Jews fled Portugal

The collapse of the Inquisition

Another earthquake hit

People converted to Preotestantism

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Question 4 of 10

4. When Napoleon's invasion of Russia reached Moscow, how did the Russians defend the city? Hint

Prolonged siege defense

They set it on fire

Dogs strapped with bombs

Poisoned the city's wine

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Question 5 of 10

5. The Greek general Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated the Romans several times during the Pyrrhic war. What did he say after his victories at Heraclea and Asculum? Hint

"Rome shall never be greater than Greece."

"One more victory like this and we will be ruined."

"We now have no way back but forward."

"This has ensured peace in our time."

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Question 6 of 10

6. Mary Surratt owned a famous boarding house. What was it famous for? Hint

It was the epicenter of a smallpox epidemic

Being the worst boarding house in Virginia

John Wilkes Booth crafted his assassination plans there

Burning down

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Question 7 of 10

7. Whose last words were: "Friends applaud, the comedy is finished?" Hint

Ludwig van Beethoven

James Joyce

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Lou Costello

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which President of the United States gave the longest inaugural address ever? Hint

William Henry Harrison

Ronald Reagan

Theodore Roosevelt

James Garfield

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Question 9 of 10

9. Countess Elizabeth Bathory killed a great many young women, some estimates saying as many as 600. What reason is popularly given for her killing them? Hint

She was jealous of their beauty

Her husband liked them too much

To have them stuffed as "human taxidermy"

To bathe in their blood

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Question 10 of 10

10. The University of Colorado at Boulder named its cafeteria after explorer and prospector Alferd Packer. What was unique about Packer as a prospector? Hint

He died of starvation

He was a cannibal

He was a failed cook

He attended university in Britain

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. When the school district in Bath, Michigan levied a tax to pay for a new, consolidated school, how did local farmer Andrew Kehoe react?

Answer: He blew up the school

In 1927, Kehoe burned down his own home, killed his wife, and blew up the school. Forty-five people were killed, mostly children, with another 58 injured. Kehoe killed himself at the end of the tax-inspired rampage.

2. When Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, advised his son Philip on dueling techniques, what did he tell him?

Answer: Don't shoot your opponent

Hamilton told Philip to "throw away your first shot" - to fire in the air, because a Christian man could not kill another in a duel. Philip was killed in his duel. A few years later, Hamilton died the same way. Some historians believe it was a way of committing suicide, and Hamilton said on his deathbed that he'd thrown away his shot.

3. According to Voltaire, the Portuguese Inquisition executed suspected Jews following the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake. What followed?

Answer: Another earthquake hit

Another earthquake followed. Voltaire satirized the event in "Candide".
The Lisbon Earthquake destroyed major churches on All Saints' Day, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of people. It still holds a record as one of the deadliest earthquakes in history, and shook many peoples' faith. The Inquisition decided the disaster was divine judgment for allowing the sinful to dwell among them, and burned people at the stake.

4. When Napoleon's invasion of Russia reached Moscow, how did the Russians defend the city?

Answer: They set it on fire

Governor of Moscow Feodor Rostopchin reportedly left a letter for Napoleon which read, "I have burned my house so you cannot contaminate it." Rostopchin also ordered convicts released from prison and a mass evacuation of the city.
Strange though it may seem, this was a winning tactic. Unable to sustain his army without a city to take refuge in, Napoleon was forced to retreat from Russia to avoid freezing in the snow.

5. The Greek general Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated the Romans several times during the Pyrrhic war. What did he say after his victories at Heraclea and Asculum?

Answer: "One more victory like this and we will be ruined."

Though Pyrrhus won the battles, they came at such a cost that the war effort could not continue. The term "Pyrrhic victory" has come to mean any win which is so costly as to make it a victory of dubious value.

6. Mary Surratt owned a famous boarding house. What was it famous for?

Answer: John Wilkes Booth crafted his assassination plans there

The boarding house was where Booth met with conspirators to plan the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, Andrew Johnson, and William Seward. Mary Surratt was tried and executed for taking part in the plot.

7. Whose last words were: "Friends applaud, the comedy is finished?"

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Beethoven attempted suicide several times before his death in 1827, and it sounds like he was relieved to have it done.

Jackson's last words were: "Let us pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees."

Joyce said: "Does nobody understand?"

Lou Costello's final statement to the world was: "That was the best ice cream soda I ever tasted."

8. Which President of the United States gave the longest inaugural address ever?

Answer: William Henry Harrison

Harrison gave a two hour speech in a cold rain with no hat or coat, in an effort to show he was still a powerful and healthy man. He died of pneumonia a month later.

9. Countess Elizabeth Bathory killed a great many young women, some estimates saying as many as 600. What reason is popularly given for her killing them?

Answer: To bathe in their blood

Elizabeth Bathory began bathing in the blood of young women after she severely beat one of her servants. The young lady's blood splattered on the countess, and Bathory believed it had improved her looks. From then on, she went to great lengths to acquire new victims and bathe in their blood.

When her foul deeds were revealed, she was sealed up in a room in her castle until she died.

Note that sound, scholarly information about Eliabeth Bathory's life is scant.

10. The University of Colorado at Boulder named its cafeteria after explorer and prospector Alferd Packer. What was unique about Packer as a prospector?

Answer: He was a cannibal

Alferd Packer was imprisoned for killing and eating his traveling companions. Hence the cafeteria's motto: "Have a friend for lunch!"

Source: Author drowsteel

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