Instructions: Answer each question to the best of your ability. Once you select an answer, you will then find out if it is correct or not. There will also be an explanation to help you learn more about history. An orange “Continue” button will appear and allow you to move to the next question. Good … Read more
Trivia Question: Is there still an Emperor of Japan? Answer: Yes Japan’s emperor holds a ceremonial office. As of 2019, the Emperor of Japan is a man named Naruhito. Click Here To Take Today’s History Quiz Yesterday’s “Trivia Question of the Day”
Trivia Question: Nicholas Flamel was a mystic said to have created what mythological relic? Answer: The Philosopher’s Stone In short, the Philosopher’s Stone was a hypothetical artifact that many alchemists tried to create. It would grant the user long life and help them transmogrify matter to gold. Naturally, there was no scientific or historical validity … Read more
Trivia Question: The Dreyfus Affair was a military scandal that embroiled what country in the 1900s? Answer: France The Dreyfus Affair saw the wrongful imprisonment of one Captain Alfred Dreyfus on charges of selling state secrets. When the press discovered that testimony and documents used to convict Dreyfus were forged by public officials, France entered … Read more
Trivia Question: Hannah Arendt’s historical book Eichmann in Jerusalem bears what famous subtitle? Answer: A Report on the Banality of Evil To be banal is to be commonplace or unimpressive. Arendt’s book explored the trial of a Nazi war criminal while reflecting on how Germany had been fooled into perpetrating atrocities. Though we think of … Read more