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History True or False #1

Try to guess whether these historical statements are true or false.
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First submittedFebruary 26, 2020
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1. Gunpowder was invented in China
True
False
2. Columbus was the first European to sail to the Americas
The Vikings did it first
True
False
3. The Nazis invaded Greece during WWII
True
False
4. Socrates died in battle
He died from drinking hemlock after being sentenced to death
True
False
5. An aristocrat living in St. Petersburg, Russia in the 1800s would be expected to speak fluent French
True
False
6. The Incan Empire lasted for over 2,000 years
It lasted for less than 200
True
False
7. The saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax
True
False
8. Ireland was colonized by the ancient Romans
True
False
9. Tomatoes originally came from the New World
True
False
10. Most scholars now believe that Shakespeare did not write most of the plays that bear his name
True
False
11. Bach was influenced by Beethoven
Bach died before Beethoven was born
True
False
12. California and Texas were once part of Mexico
True
False
13. Humans were partly responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs
True
False
14. China fought in WWII
Millions of Chinese soldiers and civilians died in the war
True
False
15. Documents written in Classical Greek didn't use spaces between words
True
False
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50 Comments
Rassy8
+4
Level 65
Feb 26, 2020
Five stars!
TheLastFish
+10
Level 71
Feb 26, 2020
The Shakespeare question is odd, as it is in fact not clear whether he was the author. And even though it is just a meta question which asks for the "believe" of the majority of scholars: This may heavily depend on who counts as a scholar, right?
JWC1202
+33
Level 76
Feb 27, 2020
"On 22 April 2007, The New York Times published a survey of 265 American Shakespeare professors on the Shakespeare authorship question. To the question of whether there is good reason to question Shakespeare's authorship, 6 per cent answered "yes", and 11 percent "possibly". When asked their opinion of the topic, 61 per cent chose "A theory without convincing evidence" and 32 per cent chose "A waste of time and classroom distraction"."

I am willing to bet that the percentages would be even lower among UK scholars. Now it is certainly true and accepted that he did not write or contributed little to several plays (Henry VI, Titus Andronicus, Pericles), but that is a different question.

Quizmaster
+30
Level ∞
Feb 27, 2020
Thank you. The correct answer is very clear to those who know it.
TheLastFish
+2
Level 71
Mar 2, 2020
Thanks for adding a source to who scholars refers to! This answers the very specific question on the believe of the majority. And I am not arguing that the very topic is false. But it is a bit lame to persist in absolute truth for any side when you can not prove it. This is not like climate change where you have literally tons of scientific observations. Anyway. Case closed. ;-)
Ferbin
+2
Level 79
Jun 3, 2025
Not sure why there's people here arguing about absolute truth and evidence when the question is about scholars' belief, not what they can prove.
samiamco
+7
Level 68
Mar 11, 2020
The academic study of historical literary authorship isn’t just wild, random guesswork, TheLastFish. They practice scientific rigor as well!
Xenobiologista
+1
Level 59
Dec 7, 2020
His point is that it is wasteful to spend time on a theory with no evidence pointing to either side.
InterAlia
+10
Level 81
Apr 21, 2023
Do you really think there is *no* evidence for either position?
TravelingMama
+1
Level 73
Feb 26, 2020
Great quiz!
Qikiq
+1
Level 89
Feb 27, 2020
Trying to figure out the significance of the picture on this quiz. Any suggestions?
cornflakesfu
+12
Level 89
Feb 27, 2020
Looks like part of a Viking ship, referring to the first question.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Feb 27, 2020
Yes!
kalbahamut
+26
Level 80
Feb 28, 2020
It's a Neanderthal weapon used to hunt dinosaurs.
NoahGBurns
+2
Level 38
Aug 10, 2021
A true scholar!
samiamco
+2
Level 68
Mar 11, 2020
Personally, after I saw the picture, I was all excited to be getting a question about “The Nightmare Before Christmas”! Imagine my disappointment :-(
NoahGBurns
+1
Level 38
Aug 10, 2021
Viking longship - refers to the first question (Lief Eriksson 'discovered' America before Columbus)
SonofDixie
+7
Level 80
Feb 27, 2020
I thought the Nazis was a trick question. I knew the Italians invaded Greece and that you were looking for "Axis" rather than Nazis.
texdave
+11
Level 56
Feb 28, 2020
The German invasion of Greece in 1941 led Winston Churchill to curtail a successful campaign in North Africa in order to send troops to Greece. The German overran Greece anyway and captured Crete as well, with heavy losses to British troops and ships.
WelshWizard
+8
Level 88
Mar 9, 2020
Basically, the Italians made such a hash of it, the Germans just decided to do it themselves.
samiamco
+1
Level 68
Mar 11, 2020
I too would not have know about the Nazis invading Greece had I not read a really interesting (and kinda sad) novel about the occupation and its long aftermath. For anyone interested, it’s called My Last Lament by James William Brown (Berkeley Books, 2017).
djeedubbeljoe
+8
Level 67
Mar 9, 2020
About the dinosaur question: humans actually are partly responsible. Birds are dinosaurs (not just descended from them, they technically ARE dinosaurs, check Wikipedia), and humans did bring some of them to extinction.

So this question made me wonder how technical/specific to be. Could it be worded differently? For example, by specifying it’s about non-avian dinosaurs.

Jacktheguy
+36
Level 93
Mar 9, 2020
You're thinking about this too much.
InterAlia
+6
Level 81
Apr 21, 2023
Yeah, what Jack said. If that's your premise, then the whole question is moot and unanswerable.
Unobtainium
+4
Level 49
May 7, 2024
We only brought some birds to extinction, not all of them, even if we are classifying all birds in the exact same category as dinosaurs.
Ferbin
+3
Level 79
Jun 3, 2025
And the nitpicker award goes tooo....
partdavid
+2
Level 75
Sep 3, 2025
Non-avian dinosaurs would be a more accurate, current wording.
QuantumMechanist
+1
Level 80
Mar 9, 2020
I thought that china invented black powder, but gunpowder was an improved version of that which was invented in europe.
RobNobody
+6
Level 80
Jun 1, 2025
You thought wrong. "Black powder" is just another term for gunpowder, and regardless of whatever improvements may have been made to it later, it was unequivocally invented in China first.
Pontifex
+10
Level 47
Mar 10, 2020
Seven percent of respondents thought that humans were partially responsible for the extinction of dinosaurs... let's all just take that in for a second.
samiamco
+2
Level 68
Mar 11, 2020
I was hoping someone else would notice and be alarmed by that! Surely all 7% of those people weren’t talking about our wiping out, for instance, the dodos, but I do applaud those who took the question that literally. I am always reminding people that dinosaurs are not all extinct!
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jul 9, 2020
To be fair, I'm kind of a jerk so I worded the question in a way that would trick people who aren't confident in their knowledge.
Ferbin
+1
Level 79
Aug 18, 2020
Flat-earthers, I expect. And/or creationists.
KabouterPlop
+1
Level 71
Apr 19, 2023
14 per cent now...
Dontforget
+1
Level 74
Jun 1, 2025
It's down to 3% now which is encouraging... or it means they cheated and looked at the comments
MovieQuizGuy
+1
Level 63
Sep 3, 2025
I mean sometimes I just goof off on a quiz. Maybe 7% of people are doing that too.
AthenaLeo
+1
Level 42
Apr 20, 2020
The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only Ancient Wonder that stands in its entirety, but there are still standing pillars of the Temple of Artemis.
Elan
+4
Level 66
Apr 19, 2023
Hold up... Just so we're clear, 15% of quiz takers believed that humans were partly responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs
elcampeador
+1
Level 78
Jul 18, 2023
They were probably protesting that a dinosaur question doesn't belong on a history quiz. Or they just like the Flintstones.
MovieQuizGuy
+1
Level 63
Sep 3, 2025
The Flintstones took good care of dinosaurs. It was the saber tooth that kept getting thrown out.
raneman11
+4
Level 68
Apr 19, 2023
Nitpicking, but Vikings should be the first recorded Europeans to have sailed to the Americas. It's entirely possible, and even likely that at least one fishing ship had gone far astray beforehand. The Vikings are just the first to have survived AND returned AND told people about it.
CaptainUnderpant
+3
Level 81
Oct 16, 2023
For the French in Russia question, why? For diplomatic/ambassadorial reasons or because of emerging intellectual overlap and French scholars teaching in Russia?
FreeStater
+6
Level 79
May 31, 2025
French was the lingua franca of Europe until the latter half of the nineteenth century, thanks to France being the most powerful country back then. It's kind of like how most elites today are expected to know English for business, diplomacy, etc.

What's more interesting to me is the origin of the term 'lingua franca.' It means "Frankish language" in Italian, and was the name of a common pidgin for traders in the Mediterranean from the eleventh to nineteenth centuries. You might know the language as Sabir.

akexchoklad
+5
Level 36
Jan 14, 2024
I just want to speak to the 13% who somehow believe humans were partly responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 77
Jun 9, 2025
Now it's just about 2% thankfully
Benniereyyy
+1
Level 54
Sep 3, 2025
Birds are dinosaurs and humans have driven many species to extinction
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 77
Jun 9, 2025
14/15, just missed saxophone
QuizApe
+2
Level 71
Sep 3, 2025
Humans are responsible for the extinction of some birds.
MovieQuizGuy
+1
Level 63
Sep 3, 2025
The lady in Mary Poppins did not sing, "Feed the dinosaurs, tuppence a bag." The question's pretty clear it's not about dodos and passenger pigeons, isn't it?
IQ300M
+1
Level 35
Sep 7, 2025
15/15 first try.. even i was shocked
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