Year | Description | Answer | % Correct |
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4 BC | Possible date for the birth of this important religious figure | Jesus Christ | 97%
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c. 52 BC | The Romans found this city on the river Seine | Lutetia (Paris) | 87%
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2nd century BC | This trade route network connecting Europe with China begins to be used | Silk Road | 86%
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30 BC | This last Egyptian pharaoh commits suicide. Later legends would say an asp was involved. | Cleopatra | 85%
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before 150 BC | The Romans invent this building material | Concrete | 78%
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44 BC | Julius Caesar is assassinated on this day of the year | The Ides of March | 76%
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200 BC–1 BC | Pakistan is ruled by people speaking this language, left over from Alexander’s conquests | Greek | 75%
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146 BC | The Third Punic War ends with the complete destruction of this city | Carthage | 73%
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73–71 BC | This gladiator leads a rebellion of an estimated 120,000 slaves | Spartacus | 72%
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c. 160 BC | First celebration of this Jewish holiday marking the repurification of the Temple and candles which miraculously burned for 8 days | Hanukkah | 70%
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50–58 BC | Julius Caesar conquers this region. Ancient sources say a million Celts were killed, and another million enslaved. | Gaul | 69%
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c. 150 BC | Alexandros of Antioch creates this famous, now armless, statue | {Venus} de Milo | 67%
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4 BC | Death of this king of Judea, known for the biblical (but not historical) Massacre of the Innocents | Herod the Great | 60%
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1st century BC | This “ism” becomes the official ideology of the Chinese state | Confucianism | 56%
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1st century BC | King Mithridates of Pontus ingests sub-lethal doses of this poison to build up a tolerance | Arsenic | 46%
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2nd century BC | Liu An invents this pressed bean curd product | Tofu | 46%
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18 BC | First mention of this capital city on the Han River | Seoul | 36%
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53 BC | This wealthiest of Roman citizens loses his army and his life trying to conquer the Parthian Empire | Marcus Crassus | 30%
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