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Quiz about Innovations Inventions and Other Novelties

Innovations, Inventions and Other Novelties Quiz

Technological and other inventions, novelties, etc. changed the course of history. This quiz is about things that were 'new' long ago.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
72,953

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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1062

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Question 1 of 10

1. In 1668 BC the Hyksos invaded the Land of the Pharaohs. Which technical military advantage did they have over Pharaoh's Army? Hint

they used elephants

they knew how to ride and fight on horseback during a battle

they knew how to fight while riding on camels

they had invented the gunslinger

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Question 2 of 10

2. When the Celts, Teutons and Slavs clashed with the Romans, they also came across new foodstuffs they did not eat themselves. Bread made from wheat flour was a novelty for quite a few of those tribes. Why was this so? Hint

they did not know how to build bread-ovens

in their colder northern regions the season to grow wheat was too short

there were religious taboos on the baking of wheatflour bread

traditionally they had always lived on a diet of pulses, lentils and dried beans and had never felt the need for anything like bread

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Question 3 of 10

3. One of the very important steps in the progress of the medical science was the discovery of 'blood circulation'. Who was the first to write a study on that subject? Hint

the Jewish scientist Maimonides

Giordano Bruno

William Harvey

Andreas Vesalius

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Question 4 of 10

4. In the Olympic Games of 1908 a new sports competition was organised for the first time: the Marathon. The athletes had to run was 42 kms 194 metres. Of what was that the exact distance? Hint

distance between Marathon and Athens

the distance from Windsor Castle to the London Olympic Stadium

twice the distance between the Palace of Versailles and the Parisian Parc des Princes

four times the distance between the Bois de Boulogne and the Eiffeltower in Paris

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Question 5 of 10

5. The first steps in the building of a Great Wall in China were a great performance on the part of the Ch'in dynasty (256 BC till 206 BC), yet it brought them little luck. In what way? Hint

it brought financial ruin to the Emperor's family

it had the effect that the neighbouring countries began to be very curious about life within the Great Wall

the guards along the Wall felt more self-assured than ever and began a rebellion

the slaves who had had to do all the hard labour rebelled and made use of an imperial visit to the wall to kill the Emperor and his family

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Question 6 of 10

6. During the French Revolutions some hotheads felt that the break with the past had to be complete. So they even wanted to abolish the old calendar system and the old names of the months. For which season were the names : Messidor , Thermidor and Fructidor introduced? Hint

summer

spring

winter

autumn

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these was NOT an invention of the Chinese? Hint

gunpowder

parchment

the compass

the abacus

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these major cities of the Christian world was the first to have paved streets? Hint

Paris

Venice

Rome

Byzance

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Question 9 of 10

9. The reading of the Prophets on Sabbath in a synagogue is a relatively recent practice in the history of Judaism . This practice began after the destruction of the First Temple. Who were the ones who destroyed that First Temple? Hint

the Babylonians

the Romans

the Assyrians

the Muslims

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Question 10 of 10

10. The etymological origin of the Latin word 'pecunia' (for money ), fits in well with the findings of archeaologists who saw that many coins originally represented Hint

local kings

wheat sheaves

deities

cattle

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In 1668 BC the Hyksos invaded the Land of the Pharaohs. Which technical military advantage did they have over Pharaoh's Army?

Answer: they knew how to ride and fight on horseback during a battle

Elephants was what Hannibal used. As to the Hyksos they took control over the capital Memphis in Egypt in 1674 BC, and founded the fifteenth dynasty (1674-1567 BC). Practically nothing remains of their monuments, but the Hyksos came to have a lasting influence on Egyptian military technique, as horses and chariots were introduced. See i-cias.com e.o hyksos.htm

Answer: in their colder northern regions the season to grow wheat was too short

As can still be seen in the popularity of oatmeal in Scotland, they used other grains that were resistant to a colder climate. They ate rye-bread rather than wheatflour bread.

3. One of the very important steps in the progress of the medical science was the discovery of 'blood circulation'. Who was the first to write a study on that subject?

Answer: William Harvey

In 1628 Harvey published ' Anatomical Essay on the Nature of the Heart and Blood in Animals'. Moses Maimonides (1135-1204) was not specially an expert in medicine. As a Rabbi he wrote the Misnah Torah. He is remembered as a philosopher rather than a scientist. ANdreas Vesalius (1514-1564) wrote the first textbook of human anatomy:De Humani Corporis Fabrica.Born at Brussels 1514.Died when returning from a trip to Jerusalem.1564. Giordano Bruno was born in 1548 at Nola near Vesuvius, spent his life in places sucha s Paris,Oxford, traveleld in Switzerland and Germany, was imprisoned in Venice, then locked up in a Papal Prison from 1593 till 1600, the year in which they finally had decided to burn him at the stake. Was believed to be an 'atheist philosopher and scientist'.

4. In the Olympic Games of 1908 a new sports competition was organised for the first time: the Marathon. The athletes had to run was 42 kms 194 metres. Of what was that the exact distance?

Answer: the distance from Windsor Castle to the London Olympic Stadium

The distance which had been run by the Athenian soldier Pheidippides from Marathon to the hometown Athens to bring the message of a victory, was in actual fact not even a full 40 kms.

5. The first steps in the building of a Great Wall in China were a great performance on the part of the Ch'in dynasty (256 BC till 206 BC), yet it brought them little luck. In what way?

Answer: it brought financial ruin to the Emperor's family

The Great Wall was completed only a lot later during the Ming Dynasty which ruled from 1368 till 1644.

Answer: summer

Thermi suggests the hot season. Messi is from messis (moisson) = harvest. And Fructidor is from fructus= fruit.

7. Which of these was NOT an invention of the Chinese?

Answer: parchment

There was no need for the Chinese to invent parchment as they had already invented the paper-mill. To produce paper, the bark of the mulberry tree was used. The mulberry tree was what they also needed for the production of silk and the feeding of silkworms. Invention seems to date back to approximately 105. Parchment refers to Pergamon in Turkey.

8. Which of these major cities of the Christian world was the first to have paved streets?

Answer: Rome

Paved streets allowed of easier transport of goods etc.Streets were less dirty and muddy. None the less there was also a big disadvantage: those paved roads caused a lot of noise from clattering hooves, creaking axles etc. The paving of the streets of Venice...? Not an easy job!

Answer: the Babylonians

The first destruction occurred in 586 BC. The man in charge was Nebuchadnessar.

10. The etymological origin of the Latin word 'pecunia' (for money ), fits in well with the findings of archeaologists who saw that many coins originally represented

Answer: cattle

Wheat sheaves might be translated in Latin as fasces. Cattle is 'pecus' in Latin. Vulgum pecus meant: the ordinary cattle-like populace.

Source: Author flem-ish

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