To get people excited for The Mental Floss History of the World, we’ll be posting occasional pop quizzes featuring material pulled from the book.
Take the quiz, then preorder your copy of History of the World from Amazon. When you do, you’ll get six free months of mental_floss magazine. (Sorry to sound so pushy. I’ll stop bossing you around now.)
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2/5. Good thing I’ve already pre-ordered the book!
posted by Marc on 10-21-2008 at 2:18 pm
1/5. Can’t wait till my book gets here!!
reCaptcha: secured shrine
The book will be a shrine, and I have secured one!
posted by Amy D on 10-21-2008 at 2:30 pm
My thought (and score) exactly, Marc.
posted by Pam on 10-21-2008 at 6:49 pm
Well I didn’t know any of these. I scored with an educated guess on the Mayan calendar, but that was my only right answer!
posted by Miss Cellania on 10-21-2008 at 11:57 pm
I believe Harold Godwinson is widely considered to be the last Anglo-Saxon king of England before the Norman conquest. Edward hand-picked Harold on his deathbed even though he wasn’t blood related, and the noblemen surrounding him took this as a sign that Harold should be the next king. He was killed in the Battle of Hastings (popular belief is he was shot in the eye with an arrow, possibly shot by William himself).
Just an fyi :)
posted by Katie on 10-22-2008 at 12:50 pm