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

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
27,944

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
5

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
2 / 5

Plays
947

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Question 1 of 5

1. What is the first extant European novel? Hint

Diogenes goes Shopping

Daphne and Chloe

Chareas and Callirhoe

True Story of Lucian Samosata

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Question 2 of 5

2. What is the sign-language invented or instituted by Sultan Suleyman ca. 1520? Hint

spahi

rugusan

ixarette

ipse dixit

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Question 3 of 5

3. What was the famous film by Carl Dreyer that was destroyed, and thought to be non-existent, but later found in a mental institute in Norway? Hint

Passion of Joan of Arc

Ordet

Day of Wrath

Gertrud

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Question 4 of 5

4. Who built the famous Tower of Winds, ca. 100 B.C., which represented one the earliest forms of sundial and water-clock in Greece? Hint

Horappollo

Pythagoras

Diogenes

Andronicus

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Question 5 of 5

5. Who was the famous magician that coined 'Britannia' and also purportedly cast the spell that doomed the Spanish Armada? Hint

Francis Drake

Dr. Dee

Dr. Bacon

Edgar Cayce

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the first extant European novel?

Answer: Chareas and Callirhoe

2. What is the sign-language invented or instituted by Sultan Suleyman ca. 1520?

Answer: ixarette

3. What was the famous film by Carl Dreyer that was destroyed, and thought to be non-existent, but later found in a mental institute in Norway?

Answer: Passion of Joan of Arc

4. Who built the famous Tower of Winds, ca. 100 B.C., which represented one the earliest forms of sundial and water-clock in Greece?

Answer: Andronicus

5. Who was the famous magician that coined 'Britannia' and also purportedly cast the spell that doomed the Spanish Armada?

Answer: Dr. Dee

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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