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    Question 1: On November 8, 1843 this ship left Lisbon, Portugal, with 84 convicts and headed for Goa, India. Near Cape of Good Hope the ship was taken by a strong current and was driven too close to the shore. She then struck the reef off Muli Island in Mulaku Atoll.
    A. The Empress of Ireland
    B. Titanic
    C. The Ravestein
    D. The Prazer e Allegria
    Question 2: During a hot night in August 1658, this ship was wrecked on Maamakunudhoo Atoll, while en route to Bengal. There was a small treasure onboard this ship: eight chests of silver and gold from West Africa.
    A. The Persia Merchant
    B. Santa Maria
    C. Adventure
    D. Queen Annes Revenge
    Question 3: Said unsinkable, this ship started her maiden voyage with 2,220 passengers aboard in 1912. Unfortunately this was her first and her last voyage - she hit an iceberg and sank.
    A. The Empress of Ireland
    B. Titanic
    C. Queen Annes Revenge
    D. Blackbeards Ship
    Question 4: On July 19, 1545 King Henry VIII prepared to watch the new pride of his fleet sail out to engage the French. However, he ended up watching a disaster as this heavy ship heeled over and rapidly capsized when water poured into the lower gun ports.
    A. Mary Rose
    B. Belgrano
    C. Queen Mary
    D. Lusitania
    Question 5: The First Triumvirate is the name historians give to the unofficial political alliance between what three man?
    A. Marcus Licinius Crassus, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and Gaius Julius Caesar
    B. Gaius Julius Caesar, Anthony and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
    C. Octavius, Lepidus and Anthony
    D. Octavius, Lepidus and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
    Question 6: Which temperature scale came first, Fahrenheit or Celsius?
    A. They were developed at the same time
    B. They were developed so close together that no one knows
    C. Fahrenheit
    D. Celsius
    Question 7: In what year was slavery banned in the British colonies?
    A. 1802
    B. 1833
    C. 1864
    D. 1865
    Question 8: Samuel Colt patented his revolver in this year, and later built the first industrialized firearm factory.
    A. 1855
    B. 1825
    C. 1845
    D. 1835
    Question 9: Although it had been around for a long time, it was not until this person used chloroform, that it became a popular anesthetic.
    A. Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell
    B. Mary Todd Lincoln
    C. Queen Victoria
    D. Sarah Bernhard
    Question 10: The first photograph is considered to be an image produced by the French inventor Nicéphore Niépce, in what year?
    A. 1865
    B. 1546
    C. 1837
    D. 1826
    Question 11: When was the first internal combustion engine to run on a mixture of explosive gas and air designed?
    A. 1876
    B. 1794
    C. 1859
    D. 1879
    Question 12: The first Balfour Declaration, UKs committment to the establishment of a Jewish national home was issued in what year?
    A. 1947
    B. 1936
    C. 1905
    D. 1917
    Question 13: Having been forgotten on the Treaty of Versailles and remaining legally at war, this country signed an official treaty with Germany, thus officially ending WW I .
    A. Andorra
    B. Spain
    C. Portugal
    D. Luxembourg
    Question 14: What product was registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on October 27 in 1970, by the Van Brode Milling Company?
    A. Velcro
    B. Spork
    C. Crazy Glue
    D. Wonderball
    Question 15: This engineer, architect and industrialist invented the rotary lathe, used in plywood manufacturing.
    A. Thomas Edison
    B. Alfred Nobel
    C. Henry Ford
    D. Immanuel Nobel