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Question 1:
According to the Egyptian historian Manetho, what is the actual birthdate of the Egyptian civilization?
39,620 B.C.
5,342 B.C.
12,983 B.C.
4,923 B.C.
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Question 2:
Who was the 14th century Arab astronomer that anticipated the results of Copernicus' theories by 150 years?
Ibn Mushaf
Ibn al-Shatir
Bernard Claivarux
Al jaref
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Question 3:
What sage was denounced by Emperor Nero for high treason, yet as he was to be sentenced, the charges continually disappeared from the parchment onto which were written his crimes?
Bruno
Cicero
Appollonius of Tyana
Heraclitus
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Question 4:
Who was the director of the movie based on the life and times of Caravaggio?
Fellini
Lena Wurtmuller
Derek Jarman
Roman Polanski
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Question 5:
Who did Cervantes dub as the "monster of nature" for authoring over 2,000 plays?
Lope de Vega
Sor Juana
Unamuno
Shakespeare
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Question 6:
Who was the Psychopomp that led dead souls to the Underworld?
Virgil
Hermes
Dante
Eros
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Question 7:
The word "soap" came to us from an Egyptian word since they were quite keen on hygiene. What is the etymological derivation of this word?
udjat
suaop
swab
sabi
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Question 8:
What Chinese person invented the first seismograph, a crude device, in 132 AD?
Bi Sheng
Huang ti
Weng ti
Zhang Heng
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Question 9:
Which artist had a grandfather that was the first senator from Missouri? (Standing 6'4 he severly injured Andrew Jackson in a duel.)
Thomas Hart Benton
Matisse
Jackson Pollack
Picasso
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Question 10:
Which famous text by Hermes (Thoth) explained the process whereby a human being could transform himself into a God?
Book of Truth
Book of Necronomicon
Book of Infinity
Book of Breathings
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