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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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Fact Lab

Want to jazz up your next baptism? Try dousing the kid in cider. It was a common practice back in the 14th century! No, we’re not pulling your leg. In those days, cider was thought to be more sanitary than water, as it had gone through the fermentation process which water had not. Just don’t give them too much. Some strains of cider are said to be the “essence of lockjaw” and succeed in keeping “the head clear, while paralyzing the legs”. Crikey!

When Spanish people came to Vegas in the 19th century, they found wild grass everywhere, so it was named ‘Las Vegas’, which is a Spanish term for ‘the meadows’.

When you peer through a microscope, you are not looking directly at a specimen underneath but rather at an image of the specimen that is being projected up by the lenses to a place below the eyepiece!

Fact Lab

When Spanish people came to Vegas in the 19th century, they found wild grass everywhere, so it was named ‘Las Vegas’, which is a Spanish term for ‘the meadows’.