Statistics for Slightly obscure history

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  • This quiz has been taken 20 times
  • The average score is 6 of 15

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
Everyone knows about Philosophers' Stone, but what was it supposed to be exactly?An alchemical substance
78%
Everyone knows George Washington was the first US president, but who's claimed to be the real first president?John Hanson, President of the United States in Congress assembled
61%
Everyone knows anime since it has existed for over a century, but when did the first anime in the unique Japanese style appear?1960s
56%
Everyone knows Mohandas Gandhi, but who was Indira Gandhi?Daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru
56%
Everyone knows the first Olympic Games under IOC were held in Athens in 1896, but how many nations took part?14
50%
Everyone knows Adidas and Puma are huge sportswear manufacturers that used to be one company, but what destroyed the relationship between brothers Adolf and Rudolf Dassler?Denazification proceedings ("Nazi trials")
44%
Everyone knows Christianity persecuted their competition out of Rome, but which faith was their early main rival?Mithraism
44%
Everyone knows the Freemasons, but who were their predecessors?Dionysian Architects
28%
Everyone knows alien (=extraterrestrial, not illegal) abductions have been with us for quite a while, but when was the first one to get widespread media attention?1957, Brazil, Antônio Villas Boas
22%
Everyone knows 5G is the latest generation in digital mobile telecommunications, but what was the first one?2G in 1991 by Radiolinja
22%
Everyone knows Mad Max, but what movie is said to have inspired the creators of that movie?A Boy and His Dog
22%
Everyone knows Sputnik was the first satellite, but what was the name of the first US satellite?Explorer 1
22%
Everyone knows the Celtic druids, but how many different layers or levels did they have?Three. Acolytes, Druids and Grand or Great Druids.
22%
Everyone knows the Golden Horde, but who were the White Horde?Genghis Khan's grandson's troops
17%
Everyone knows the first cloned mammal was a sheep, but what animal was the first extinct one cloned?Pyrenean ibex
17%

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