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Explorers Quiz
Set out for adventure in the wake of Columbus and Cook!
Here’s a quiz about the long history of exploration, especially by sea, from the daring navigators of ancient times to Thor Heyerdahl in the 20th century.
What kind of vessel carried St. Brendan of Ireland on his famous voyage to the Bahamas?
Why did the Chinese abandon sea exploration after reaching Africa?
Who was the first European to reach Australia?
The World Geography Quiz
This quiz, one of the first to appear on Trivia Park, asks 10 fascinating questions, including… Which was the last continent discovered by Europeans? Which is the world’s smallest ocean? How many neighboring countries does China have?
The Science Quiz
A hermathena is a composite rendering of the Greek gods Hermes and Athena, as seen here. Athena represents learning and wisdom, while Hermes represents eloquence and oratory. We made this early quiz as hermathenic as we could.
Your Daily Question...
Hamesucken
What is the meaning of the Scottish word “hamesucken”?
B) Boiled candy flavoured with barley
C) Homelessness
D) Inheritance through the female line
Click the response (A to D) you think is correct.
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From our Technology Quiz...
Intellectual property
To whom was the first patent for a technical invention awarded?
B) Filippo Brunelleschi, architect and engineer
C) Leonardo da Vinci, artist and inventor
D) Sir Christopher Wren, architect and scientist
Click the response (A to D) you think is correct.
Wide World
From our Salad Days Quiz...
Iceberg, a head
The Iceberg lettuce is a variety of Crisphead lettuce. It became known as Iceberg in the 1920s. Why?
B) It was a diet staple of silent movie star Inga “Iceberg” Henson
C) It was a feature at the Iceberg Salad House in New York City
D) California growers shipped it covered in ice
Click the response (A to D) you think is correct.
The Natural World
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From our Music Theory Quiz...
Listen to the mirlitons
Musical instruments, the tools of musical expression, have been around more or less as long as human culture. One venerable and widespread instrument type is the mirliton, although it is usually called by another name. Which?
Click the response (A to D) you think is correct.
Tower of Knowledge
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