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Trivia Question: What Dutch scientist is known as “The Father of Microbiology”? Answer: Antoine van Leeuwenhoek Major improvements to microscope technology helped van Leeuwenhoek catalog previously-invisible wonders. His discovery of germs, especially, altered the course of history. Human beings finally had an understanding of how sickness was scientifically caused, and so could better fight the … Read more

Trivia Question: Sardinia is a part of what country? Answer: Italy After Sicily, Sardinia is the largest island in the Mediterranean. Sardinia is also considered one of the twenty official regions of Italy. Click Here To Take Today’s History Quiz   Yesterday’s “Trivia Question of the Day”

Trivia Question: The Treaty of Jaffa ended which Crusade on surprisingly equitable terms? Answer: The Third Crusade After three bloody wars had been fought over Jerusalem, both the Europeans and the caliphate finally decided to hash out an effective peace arrangement. They decided that Muslim officials would still control Jerusalem, but that Christian pilgrims would … Read more

Trivia Question: Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin? Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe’s book highlighted how slavery took away personhood on an individual level. Even hard-working and “cooperative” slaves in Uncle Tom’s Cabin were punished at the drop of a hat. Putting audience members in the shoes of a slave helped Stowe’s novel ignite the Abolitionist … Read more

Trivia Question: Is Puerto Rico in the Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean? Answer: The Atlantic Ocean Puerto Rico is one of the Caribbean nations. Since the Caribbean Sea is part of the Atlantic Ocean, that makes Puerto Rico one of the Atlantic Islands as opposed to the Pacific Islands. Click Here To Take Today’s … Read more