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Jessika @Jessika - over 4 years ago

Christmas Quiz

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Christmas QuizHistory Today What tradition did Martin Luther begin? In what year was ‘Good King Wenceslas’ assassinated?

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Priscilla @Priscilla - over 4 years ago

December Quiz

[unable to retrieve full-text content]December QuizHistory Today Who was the ‘Father of History’? Do you know which was the first city to be bombed from the air?

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Rahsaan @Rahsaan - over 4 years ago

History Today Quiz: September

[unable to retrieve full-text content]History Today Quiz: SeptemberHistory Today Test your history knowledge in the monthly History Today quiz.

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Webster @Webster - about 4 years ago

Don’t Be Evil

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Don’t Be EvilPaul Lay A warning housed in one of the jewels of the Italian Renaissance is as pertinent now as ever.

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Teagan @Teagan - about 4 years ago

March Quiz

[unable to retrieve full-text content]March QuizHistory Today How long was the presidency of William Henry Harrison? Which country lasted only one day?

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Bart @Bart - 5 months ago

First World War: The Fight on the Home Front

Trench warfare, attrition, the dominance of artillery, the consumption of shells and the need for tanks: these are the outward manifestations of war waged between industrialised societies. Such societies are capable of applying advanced technologies to mass production, eq...continued

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Kristina @Kristina - about 1 month ago

Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t

In December 1952 a man named Cecil Robins – also known as Robin and described, cryptically, as a ‘fashion supervisor’ – appeared in court in Lisburn, a town on the periphery of Belfast. Robins was charged with ‘acts of gross indecency’ involving a 19-year-old soldier at a...continued

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Elliott @Elliott - over 4 years ago

History Today Quiz: August

[unable to retrieve full-text content]History Today Quiz: AugustHistory Today Test your history knowledge in our monthly quiz.

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Eleanora @Eleanora - about 4 years ago

February Quiz

[unable to retrieve full-text content]February QuizHistory Today Which president appears on the $5,000 bill? When was the Reichstag Fire?

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Alan @Alan - 4 months ago

Byzantine Bishops at War with Women

Ancient writers could think of no more compelling a villain than an ambitious queen. Stories about men of virtue and the women who tried to bring them down were so popular that historians sometimes seem to have made them up. Such narratives are as old as that of Queen Jez...continued

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Americo @Americo - almost 3 years ago

Alternative Histories: Jerusalem, A.D. 30

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Alternative Histories: Jerusalem, A.D. 30Katie HolyoakWed, 04/28/2021 - 15:35Source: History Today Feed

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Alexzander @Alexzander - over 3 years ago

The First Blind Medical Trials

In his satirical poem, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809), Lord Byron mocked medical charlatans who repeatedly introduced new gimmicks in order to extort large sums of money from gullible customers:What varied wonders tempt us as they pass!The Cow-pox, Tractors, Ga...continued

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Cynthia @Cynthia - over 3 years ago

The Shanghai Race Club | History Today

Starting in the 1850s, horse racing in China was a symbol of British colonialism, but was embraced by both locals and expatriates. The sport spread to dozens of ‘treaty ports’, from Harbin in Manchuria near the border with Russia, to Canton in the south and as far west as...continued

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Marjory @Marjory - over 2 years ago

September Quiz

[unable to retrieve full-text content]September QuizKatie HolyoakFri, 09/24/2021 - 14:53Source: History Today Feed

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Felicita @Felicita - over 2 years ago

Quiz of the Year

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Quiz of the YearKatie HolyoakWed, 12/15/2021 - 11:49Source: History Today Feed

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Zetta @Zetta - over 2 years ago

November Quiz

[unable to retrieve full-text content]November QuizKatie HolyoakFri, 11/26/2021 - 14:43Source: History Today Feed

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Iva @Iva - about 2 years ago

January Quiz

[unable to retrieve full-text content]January QuizKatie HolyoakFri, 01/28/2022 - 12:09Source: History Today Feed

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Manley @Manley - over 2 years ago

October Quiz

[unable to retrieve full-text content]October QuizKatie HolyoakFri, 10/22/2021 - 14:38Source: History Today Feed

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Raoul @Raoul - over 1 year ago

Mapping It

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Mapping ItKatie HolyoakTue, 09/13/2022 - 09:29Source: History Today Feed

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Minnie @Minnie - over 4 years ago

Quiz of the Year | History Today

For our January quiz: 12 quiz questions, one question for every issue of last year.Missed something you wish you had read? Order 2019 back issues from our website, or read the digital edition. Don't miss out in 2020! Subscribe to the world's leading serious history magazi...continued

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