Trivia Question: What was the common name given to the trading route that connected China and Europe? Answer: Silk Road (The Silk Route) As the name implies, silk was a primary commodity shipped along this route. China’s silkworms could produce the luxurious material and European nobles were willing to pay exorbitant prices for it. Marco … Read more

Trivia Question: What Wild West lawman was known for his saloon verdicts on criminals and earned the nickname “The Only Law West of the Pecos”? Answer: Judge Roy Bean Roy Bean was a saloon keeper and a Justice of the Peace. Posses who apprehended criminals would often go to Bean for quick and harsh sentences … Read more

Trivia Question: Who was the last Anglo-Saxon King of England? Answer: Harold Godwinson Harold ruled England until he lost at the Battle of Hastings. After him, the Normans ruled over England. Click Here To Take Today’s History Quiz   Yesterday’s “Trivia Question of the Day”

Trivia Question: The vernal equinox begins what season? Answer: Spring An equinox is a 24-hour period where the daytime and nighttime are of equal length. To some ancient cultures who paid attention to these sorts of phenomena, this balance of light and dark had a divine significance. Others recognized that the vernal equinox signaled it … Read more

Trivia Question: Robert F. Stroud was a prisoner best known by what nickname? Answer: The Birdman of Alcatraz Stroud was a peculiar man who was both an ornithological genius and a murderous psychopath. One of his hobbies involved the raising of birds until all of his equipment was taken from him at Alcatraz. Famously, Stroud … Read more