History Trivia Question 4

Who acted as President of the Confederate States of America in the U.S. Civil War?

a. Ulysses S. Grant

b. Robert E. Lee

c. Abraham Lincoln

d. Jefferson Davis

The answer is D. Jefferson Davis! Davis resigned from the Senate in January 1861, after receiving word that Mississippi had seceded from the Union. The following month, he was provisionally appointed President of the Confederate States of America. He was elected to a six-year term that November. During his presidency, Davis was not able to find a strategy to defeat the more industrially developed Union.

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History Trivia Question 3

True or False: the communist party in 1917 was birthed out of the Bolsheviks.

The answer is true! The Bolsheviks, founded by Vladimir Lenin, were an organization of professional revolutionaries under a democratic internal hierarchy governed by the principle of democratic centralism, who considered themselves as the vanguard of the revolutionary working class of Russia.

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Halloween Study Tip

You are NOT a vampire...so stop acting like one!

The problem with cramming is that it causes people to skip sleep altogether and put in a 10 hour study session before a test. F.Y.I. this does not create the most highly functioning brain activity for the actual test. As humans we do require sleep, and as students we also require a study plan that does not involve 10 hours straight of studying any one subject. For most people the best plan is to break studying up into 1-2 hour sessions, which does require some planning ahead of time as you may have to break that up over many days. So be smart: know your physiology.

Humans + sleep=alert brains with better chance for As.

Humans - sleep=vampires with bad grades.

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History Trivia Question 2

What Tudor ruler who reigned for more than forty years is portrayed here?
The answer is Queen Elizabeth I!!!

Elizabeth I, born on 7 September 1533, was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603. Sometimes called the Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. The daughter of Henry VIII, she was born a princess, but her mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed two and a half years after her birth, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. Her brother, Edward VI, bequeathed the crown to Lady Jane Grey, cutting his sisters out of the succession. His will was set aside, and in 1558 Elizabeth succeeded the Catholic Mary I, during whose reign she had been imprisoned for nearly a year on suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels.
(from Wikipedia)

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History Trivia Question 1

When approximately do most historians argue that the Roman Empire fell?
a. 3rd century
b. 4th century
c. 5th century
d. 6th century

The answer is C! 5th century

The Roman Empire collapsed in 476 CE as Romulus Augustus was forced to abdicate by Odoacer. However, the Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, thrived until the death of Constantine XI and the capture of Constantinople byt the Ottoman Turks in 1453 CE.

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Check Out Our Spooktacular Trivia Board This Week!

The board includes fun history facts and **a chance to win a prize**

Featured this week are our picks for some fang-tastic reading!

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Keep those brains live and fresh for all the zombies out there.

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Business Trivia Question 5

Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison for operating a(n)

a. Ponzi Scheme

b. Forex Scam

c. Insider Trading

d. Enron scandal

The answer is A. Ponzi Scheme!In March 2009, Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 felonies and admitted to turning his wealth management business into a massive Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of investors of billions of dollars.

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