I think this clue would have been better if it had read, "This device used to power the grinding of grain is first used..." The windmill itself doesn't grind grain, it is the device which powers the device that grinds grain.
Naah, the windmill is the entire thing. The wind turns the blades which then transfer the energy to the grindstones. It's all one big specialized mechanism for the one purpose of grinding grain.
Cnut is the standard way of spelling his name now in English, or at least it is in the literature on the period. It comes from the fact that that is how his name is spelled in original documents from the period, and is an anglicization of the Norse Knutr. Canute is a later "modernization" of the name.
I thin it is worth nothing that the Church of Rome and the Church of Constantinople didn't really split in 1054. There was a writ of excommunication written by a Papal Legate who had no authority because the appointing Pope had died... every primary source suggests that the ecclesiastic and secular hierarchies in Rome and the Byzantine Empire continued as if nothing had happened. The best you can ascribe to 1054 is really "popularly considered the start of the split between"
Nice quiz... I didn't know that about Venice. (But as far as the Crab Nebula goes, "occurrence" has two r's; mass-produce should be hyphenated; and it's Erikson, not Ericson ... sorry that I keep doing this!)
Jupiter is in the seventh house... and the supernova in Taurus bodes well for your bold financial decisions. Really, what is astrological about a supernova? Way too scientific for a horoscope..
If Steve Jobs were commonly considered the father of the light bulb, it would make sense. I was taught (and based on my experience, so were most westerners) that Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press in the mid-15th century. Seems like Quizmaster words the questions the way he does to highlight and correct the common misperception.
It's like "discovering" a place where millions of people already live. That said, I don't think the printing press pre-existing in China takes away from Gutenberg's accomplishments. After all, the printing press as it existed in China had some pretty major flaws. In Europe, the invention flourished with important distinctions in materials, design, and also greatly helped by a phonetic alphabet.
In my opinion this quiz is to englandcentric. Not many questions about other European powers like Spain or the HRE let alone countries outside of Europe.
Many wind'mills' aren't mills at all but pumps for water management in low lying land.
http://civilization.wikia.com/wiki/Angkor_Wat_(Civ5)
(joke...)
I was there 3 days ago - incredible.
Or is it to do with the types of mill? but still, then why give the mill part?
It is like saying "In this country, the light bulb is invented, 200 years before Steve Jobs." Just doesn't make sense.