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Big History Quiz

Do you consider yourself a master historian? Then this is the quiz for you! From the Industrial Revolution to the founding of NATO and the UN, you’ll face challenging and fun questions about countries from all over the world. It’s time to show what you’ve got!

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The grandfather of modern computers was a mechanical analog computer system which weighed an incredible 27 tons and took up more than 1700 square feet! It was first put to work in 1945 and was capable of being programmed to solve large numerical math problems. Obviously the first research performed on this machine was for military purposes.

If you’ve played Connect Four, you might be surprised to know that a board has 4,531,985,219,092 possible positions. English DJ Stuart Maconie, came up with the urban myth that David Bowie had created Connect Four…

There’s more to Pythagoras than his theorem, you know. He established his own religious group, living a secretive existence of vegetarianism and Apollo worshiping. They were called the ‘Pythagoreans’, and are believed to have influenced subsequent secretive groups with great influence, such as the Freemasons and other secret societies. And if you believe certain conspiracy theories, it might explain why certain pop stars like THAT shape so much – no names being mentioned.

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