Quiz  /  Historical Smorgasbord: Fact or Fiction?

  • 1. 
    The first European power to lay claim to California was England.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

  • 2. 
    The Shah of Iran once threw a party that cost $100 million.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

  • 3. 
    The first person to survive a fall over Niagara Falls was a woman.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

  • 4. 
    The Diary of Anne Frank originally had a different title.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

  • 5. 
    Paper money was first issued because of a shortage of coinage.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

  • 6. 
    The first electronic pocket calculator appeared in 1941.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

  • 7. 
    More Americans died in a hurricane than in battle during the years of the Revolution.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

  • 8. 
    Concorde flights between England and the United States took a full day.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

  • 9. 
    The world’s first iron bridge was built in England.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

  • 10. 
    No stone bridges of antiquity spanned more than 300 meters.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE
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