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History True or False #4

Can you guess whether these historical statements are true or false?
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Last updated: April 5, 2023
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First submittedApril 5, 2023
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1. The leap year was canceled in 1916 due to World War One
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2. Dingos were brought to Australia by Europeans in the late 1800s
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Dingos were introduced by humans as early as 8,300 years ago
3. The population of the New World declined significantly in the 100 years after Columbus landed there
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4. Queen Victoria had no children and was thought to have died a virgin
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She had 9 children and 42 grandchildren
5. Sub-Saharan Africa was more technologically advanced than Europe in the year 1000 A.D., even using primitive steam-powered computers
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6. The First Crusade accomplished its goal of capturing Jerusalem
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7. Buddhism started on the Indian subcontinent
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8. Albert Einstein invented the nuclear bomb
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9. At one point, the Mongolian Empire conquered China
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The Yuan Dynasty ruled China from 1271–1368
10. The saxophone was a popular musical instrument in Europe during the Middle Ages
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The saxophone wasn't invented until the 1800s
11. No one has contracted the bubonic plague in more than 500 years
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The plague still kills people today
12. Charles Darwin wrote "On the Origin of Species"
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13. Eventually, Christianity replaced paganism as the primary religion of the Roman Empire
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14. Karl Marx was born in what is today Germany
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15. The highest-ranking leader of the Roman Republic was called a "Praetor", which is Latin for President
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Rome did have Praetors, but it is not Latin for President, nor were Praetors the highest ranking leaders
Fianchetto
+4
Level 73
Apr 5, 2023
I guessed on half of them and got a 100%.
Dimby
+19
Level 77
Apr 5, 2023
What, you’ve never read up on steampunk Sub-Saharan Africa?
FreeStater
+3
Level 66
Apr 5, 2023
Maybe if they made some steam-powered submarines they could've conquered India before Europe.
Thisisreal
+2
Level 87
May 20, 2023
Quite an original setting for a novel it can be
Maxibon
+1
Level 65
Apr 5, 2023
Another good history quiz by none other than Quizmaster.

Thanks!

thebestlol
+1
Level 16
Apr 5, 2023
IS QUIZMASTER THE MASTER?
HB3450
+7
Level 82
Apr 5, 2023
I got the one on the Roman Empire wrong as I thought Christianity replaced pantheism or worship of a pantheon of gods rather than paganism is Roman Empire….I’m going to have to Google it now, but great quiz
AlmostAGenius
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Level 80
Apr 5, 2023
Paganism is just a broad term for the worship of different gods in pre-Christian Europe, so Roman mythology would fit in that category.
JoanSR
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Level 74
Apr 5, 2023
Pagans is what Christians called non-Jews, non-Christians, mainly the traditional roman religion, but also any other traditional or local religion not included. But by sheer numbers, the ancient roman tradition was the most common of the "pagans".
JoanSR
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Level 74
Apr 5, 2023
In fact, "Praetor" used to be each one of the 3 "heads of the Roman state" in the early republic, then it was called Consul and later on the position of Praetor was re-introduced with the current meaning. (Drogula, Fred (2015). Commanders & command in the Roman Republic and Early Empire. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.)

However, it is common to use broadly the word "Consul" for the top magistrates, whatever they are called Praetor, Consul, the "Militar Consul" or "suffect consul" , since it is not wise to get lost on the words that mean the same.

By the same reason it is not usual to talk about the consuls appointed directly by the Emperor after the elevation of Augustus, but the consular office was uninterrupted, on paper, until much after the "fall or Rome" of the V century.

So your answer is correct by a narrow margin.. since it never meant "President" but they were, for all intents and purposes, fulfilling the role of the "president of the republic."

Findlay
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Level 82
Apr 6, 2023
I think it's less clear than you suggest. Festus, writing in the 4th century suggested that praetor was an earlier republican rank cognate with that of consul, but Livy suggests the office only arose in 367 BC and was, from its origin, below that of consul.
AndrueSoSmart
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Level 46
Apr 28, 2023
Did they spell dingoes wrong? I thought that there was an e in there.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 68
Nov 9, 2023
Dingoes the neighbourhood!
iRDM
+5
Level 76
Jul 11, 2023
to the 29% of people who thought computers and steam power genuinely existed in the year 1000 AD: please change your politics
MarcellDAvis
+4
Level 75
Oct 6, 2023
I could ironically write something like We wuz steampunks n shiii, but while intended to mock a certain type of historical revisionism that has become popular recently, it might come across as racist, so I won't do it.
GlassMonkeyCode
+4
Level 67
Nov 9, 2023
I thought that was just an exageration, like a fancy tea machine or something. Perhaps an archiac use of the word computer, someone or thing that counts.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 60
Nov 13, 2023
Same. I saw the first part and then thought there must be some weird abacus that used steam or something.
MiracleMax
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Level 75
Dec 16, 2023
That's not a deeply unreasonable answer. 1000 AD is in the dark ages, a period in which Europe was known for not making much in the way of technical advancements, while much of the rest of the world was doing pretty well. Obviously it's not a silicon chip computer, but a simple counting device sounds sort of plausible.
Ferbin
+2
Level 76
Jan 12, 2024
What do politics have to do with it?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Nov 9, 2023
I only got the Crusades question wrong!
BlackJohn
+2
Level 75
Nov 10, 2023
The % of questions 5 and 6 clearly demonstrate the prevalence of historical revisionism in the US
Froststar101
+2
Level 74
Nov 16, 2023
How? It just demonstrates that many people aren't that informed about history and are easily fooled by well-written true/false questions. You don't even know what portion of the quiz-takers are from the US.
ddddan
+1
Level 81
Feb 21, 2024
I'm suprised nobody commented on

Dingos were introduced by humans as early as 8,300 years ago

Introduced to whom - Europeans? By whom - Aboriginal peoples?

This was confusing.

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