Breaking World Records

Question 1

one of the most expansive collections of texts in classical civilization

Answer 1

Library of Alexandria

Question 2

What happened to the Library of Alexandria?

Answer 2

accidentally burned by Julius Caesar during his civil war in 48 BC,

Question 3

It was destroyed when the Mongols swept by on their way to Hungary and back again.

Answer 3

Abbasid Caliphate’s House of Wisdom

Question 4

Where is the Abbasid Caliphate’s House of Wisdom?

Answer 4

Baghdad

Question 5

What is mean by Tripitaka Koreana?

Answer 5

Three Baskets

Question 6

the most exhaustively-catalogued collection of Buddhist scriptures in the world

Answer 6

Tripitaka Koreana

Question 7

In the 11th century, Korean monks took 80 years to carve their entire canon into wooden tablets—and then the ___________________________________destroyed them all.

Answer 7

Mongols

Question 8

What’s the first time capsule?

Answer 8

Century Safe

Question 9

When was the first time capsule?

Answer 9

in 1876

Question 10

the term “time capsule” wasn’t invented until the _____________________

Answer 10

1939 world’s fair