Historical Discoveries Trivia Questions
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On what material were fragments of poems about Baal discovered in the early 1930s?
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clay
What material was used to make money that Marco Polo saw in China for the first time?
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paper
What fragrant gift for the Baby Jesus was traded in the ancient city of Ubar, discovered in 1991?
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frankincense
In 1947, a Bedouin discovered significant scrolls in a cave located near the coast of which sea?
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dead sea
Which future U.S. commonwealth was discovered by Columbus in 1493 and originally named San Juan Bautista?
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puerto rico
Which Jewish writings, discovered in 1947, might the 'Angel Scroll' belong to, despite surfacing in 1999 and possibly being a hoax?
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dead sea scrolls
What natural resource was discovered 69 feet below Titusville, Pennsylvania on August 28, 1859?
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oil
What black 'stones' did Marco Polo find the Chinese using that could burn?
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coal
What boy king's tomb, also known as KV62, was discovered in 1922 by archaeologist Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings?
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tutankhamun
What was discovered near Dahlonega in 1828 that visitors can pan for at Crisson Mine today?
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gold
In what year did George Bass and Matthew Flinders prove that an island existed by sailing through a strait off Australia?
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tasmania
What ancient biblical documents were first discovered in a cave south of Jericho in 1947?
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dead sea scrolls
What precious metal did Edward Hargraves discover at Bathurst in 1851, leading to a rush across the continent of Australia?
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gold
Which continent did Charles Wilkes first sight in January 1840?
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antarctica
In which country was a rich diamond field discovered in 1870, leading to the establishment of the city of Kimberley?
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south africa
What city, believed to be mythical until its discovery by Heinrich Schliemann in 1879, is known for its role in the Trojan War?
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troy
Which group of European explorers had their 1,000-year-old ruins uncovered at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland in 1961?
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vikings
Which element's discovery near Oakland in the 1800s led to its founding?
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gold
Who was the woman after whom the falls that David Livingstone discovered on the Zambezi River in 1855 were named?
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queen victoria
What is the name of the remote island with hundreds of stone statues discovered by Dutch navigator Jakob Roggeveen in 1722?
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easter island
Which group of people discovered North America around 1000 A.D. and referred to parts of it as Helluland, Markland, and Vinland?
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vikings
In which queen's palace ruins did Franck Goddio discover in the port of Alexandria in 1996?
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cleopatra
In 1616, Willem Schouten discovered the tip of which continent?
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south america
What did 8-year-old Maria de Sautuola discover 15,000-year-old paintings on the ceiling of?
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cave
Which Englishman discovered Manhattan on September 11, 1609?
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henry hudson
What animal is depicted in a carving over 20 feet high that was made public in Niger in 1999?
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giraffe
What historical artifacts were discovered by a Bedouin boy in a cave at Qumran in 1947?
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dead sea scrolls
Which long sought-after passage was proven to exist by Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure?
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northwest passage
In which African country was the Jonker Diamond discovered on the ground after a storm in 1934?
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south africa
Which Italian city is known for discovering the art of making clear crystal glass in the 16th century?
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venice
What New World territory did Pedro Cabral claim for Portugal, originally naming it Vera Cruz?
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brazil
What fleet's flagship, the Gran Grifon, was reported to have been found in Scottish waters in the early 1970s?
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spanish armada
In 1998, the world's oldest church was discovered in Jordan. Near Jericho, what type of religious building, 300 years older, was found?
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synagogue
On which Indonesian island were the first fossils of Homo erectus discovered in 1891?
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java
What name did Leif Ericson give to the North American land he reached 400 years before Columbus?
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vinland
In 1998, divers discovered the submerged island of Antirhodos, believed to be where Cleopatra once lived, off the coast of which Egyptian city?
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alexandria
What is the name of the South Sea island discovered by Samuel Wallis where a night's pleasure could be obtained for one good-sized nail?
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tahiti
What 1799 discovery provided Greek equivalents that helped scholars understand hieroglyphics?
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rosetta stone
Which Norwegian explorer discovered in 1904 that the magnetic poles were not fixed positions?
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roald amundsen
Whose ship's remains were believed to have been found off the coast of North Carolina in November 1996?
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blackbeard
In which country did Hiram Bingham discover the Inca fortress city of Machu Picchu in 1911?
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peru
On December 25th, 1777, which island was discovered by British explorer James Cook?
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christmas island
What artificial sweetener was discovered and announced in 1879?
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saccharin
In which country did Marcelino de Sautuola discover Stone Age paintings in Altamira Cave in 1879?
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spain
In which South American country was the 'Star of the South' diamond discovered in 1853?
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brazil
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