Hisdates•ComHistorical Facts
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
Q: What flower was named after the Greek goddess of the rainbow?
A: Iris
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Q: What was the Gettysburg Address written on?
A: Used envelopes
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Q: "Wife Beware" in 1933 was the first film shown where?
A: A Drive in theatre
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Q: St. Peter was ordered crucified by which emperor?
A: Nero
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Q: What was the name of the first teddy bear in space?
A: Mishka, in 1980 - Olympic mascot
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Q: Who were the first people to measure the year?
A: Babylonians
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Q: Jules Verne was known as the father of what?
A: Science Fiction
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Q: In ancient Persia, what was considered the traditional new year's day gift?
A: Eggs
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Q: Which famous author was born in Petrovichi USSR in 1920?
A: Isaac Asimov
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Q: The first country to make seat belts compulsory was what?
A: Czechoslovakia
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Q: Madam Curie's husband's name was what?
A: Pierre
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Q: Which English navigator was cast adrift in June, 1611 by mutineers?
A: Henry Hudson
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Q: Ghandi's profession was what?
A: Lawyer
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Q: The first battleship powered by steam turbines 1906 was named what??
A: HMS Dreadnought
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Q: Brussels and what other capital had the world's first telephone link?
A: Paris
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Q: Who was the European news correspondent for the New York Tribune in 1851 - 1862?
A: Karl Marx
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Q: Which written ancient language has no spaces between words?
A: Ancient Greek
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