Big History Quiz

The game Battleship is known worldwide as a pencil and paper game which dates to World War I. It was published as a pad-and-pencil game in the 1930s and was released as a board game by Milton Bradley in 1967.

Fires can't burn in the oxygen-free vacuum of space, but guns can shoot. Modern ammunition contains its own oxidizer, a chemical that will trigger the explosion of gunpowder, and thus the firing of a bullet, wherever you are in the universe. No atmospheric oxygen required.

Nearly a third of all Dalmatians are deaf in one ear! This is caused by something called the extreme piebald gene, which also gives them their spotted coat and blue eyes! Interestingly enough, Dalmatians with larger dark patches are less likely to be deaf.