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Accidental Inventions
Pay attention to that accident you just had...you may want to recreate it some day.
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Ancient Elements

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Heroic Age Antarctic Expedition Leaders
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Here's a tip - If you're planning on leading an Antarctic expedition, pack warmly.
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Darwin's Travel Log
Darwin had quite the travel log.
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Ancient & medieval explorers, clickable
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We think one of them even coined the phrase "finders, keepers..."
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Inventors - First Names
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Name the first names of these famous inventors/discoverers.
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Apollo Spacecraft Names
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Evidence that some astronauts were happy to work for Peanuts.
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The Explorer's Life
These people took the advice 'expand your horizons' quite literally.
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English Mariners (click)
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Ah, the allure of the high seas, and a life alternating between homesickness and seasickness.
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Christopher Columbus' Ships
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In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue
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Explorers' First Names
At the end of this quiz, you can just pretend you know all of these guys.
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'P' in History
We're strictly referring to the letter P here. We swear!
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Who Invented It?
As far as we know, everything was invented by the Sham-wow guy.
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Famous From the 19th Century II
How could someone be famous before Twitter? Seems impossible.
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Famous From the 16th Century
If you lived in the 16th century and you weren't an artist or an explorer, you probably aren't famous now.
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Famous From the 17th Century
Galileo's head was on the block. The crime was looking up for truth.
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Famous From the 19th Century
A quiz about the 19th century? We hear they didn't even have the Internet back then.
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Scientific Discoveries (clickable)
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When did you first discover Sporcle?
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Ancient Elements
These are your grandparent's elements.
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Which Invention Came First?
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Name the correct answer to whether each invention came earlier or later than the one above it.
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The Undiscovered Country II
If you're wondering, this has nothing to do with Atlantis.
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Countries Visited by Captain Cook
Sure, he was a great captain, but was he really all that good of a cook?
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The Undiscovered Country
Geography is lurking everywhere, you just have to know where to look.
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Ways the World Could End
First, it is slightly cheaper; and secondly it has the words DON'T PANIC inscribed in large friendly letters on its cover.
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