History Flashcards
What name is given to the method of embalming and treating dead bodies that was used in ancient Egypt? This process typically involved dehydrating and wrapping the body.
Mummification
Currently used in most parts of the world, which calendar was introduced on 24th February 1582 by a papal bull issued by the Pope after whom the calendar is named?
Gregorian calendar
Which colour is included in the most common name given to the bubonic plague that is thought to have killed up to 60% of the European population between 1346 and 1353?
Black
Which type of depression in the ground can precede the word “foot” in the name of an ailment that caused the feet of 4 many soldiers in World War One to swell and start to smell of decay? This word also gives its name to a type of warfare that is typically fought out at distance from the enemy.
Trench
Charles Darwin reached the Galápagos Islands in September 1835 while on which ship’s second voyage?
Beagle
Which set of ancient manuscripts was discovered in the Qumran Caves in the West Bank between 1946 and 1956?
Dead Sea Scrolls
Harriet Tubman is believed to have rescued around 70 enslaved people by helping them to escape via which series of 12 routes and safe houses established in the United States in the early 19th century? A Colson Whitehead novel with this name won the Pulitzer Prize.
Underground Railroad
Which court, that met in the Palace of Westminster and was named after the richly decorated ceiling of the room in 16 which it sat, was used by Henry VII to break the power of the gentry? These days, the name of this court is used as a metaphor for any legal body that behaves without due process or in secret.
Star Chamber
In 1849, the then Bishop of Orléans, Félix Dupanloup, attracted international attention for a speech he gave lobbying for which person to be canonised, over four centuries after she was burned at the stake?
Joan of Ark (Jeanne D’Arc)
Patrick Pearse, Joseph Plunkett, and James Connolly faced the firing squad at the grounds of Kilmainham Gaol in the aftermath of which rebellion of April 1916?
Easter Rising (Rebellion)
The “Arduous March” is the name given by state media to a period of famine that occurred in which country in the 1990s? The state urged citizens to endure their struggle by invoking the memory of their Eternal President.
North Korea
What links the deaths of the Russian journalist Irina Slavina, the Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi, and the Vietnamese monk Thích Quảng Đức? We are looking for the very specific way they died.
Self-immolation (Set themselves on fire)
Named after the ruler of Epirus who lost a great portion of his army in winning the Battle of Asculum, what name is given to a victory that inflicts such a loss on the winner that it is tantamount to defeat?
Pyhrric
The man who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1967-70 held which specific job from 1977-81? The current holder of this post previously spent five and a half years as Minister of Defence in the Merkel government.
President of the European Commision
Which ancient vessel, that played a vital role in the Persian Wars, has a name that derives from the fact it is propelled by three rows of oars?
Trireme
What Rapa Nui name is given to the monumental statues of humans carved on Easter Island between around 1250 and 1500?
Moai
Which activist co-founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries alongside Sylvia Rivera in 1970? Despite claims to the contrary, this outspoken advocate for gay rights denied sparking the Stonewall uprising.
Marsha P. JOHNSON
Which Prime Minister of the United Kingdom stepped down from that office after just 50 days in 2022?
Liz Truss
In 2021, scientists worked out that which naturally preserved bog body, that was discovered in Silkeborg in 1950, had a last meal of fish and porridge?
Tollund man
