Jul 23, 2008

History Test

I have enjoyed a number of subjects as a student, and history I guess is one of them. Nothing beats watching historical fiction movies in Dale Barker's class. I crack up when I remember Steve McQueen calling the Chinese slopeheads in The Sand Pebbles.
But I have taken only 4 history classes thoughout all of high school and college. History would definitely be my weakest link if I were to go on Jeopardy. That and opera. Because honestly, who gives a crap about that?
Cracked.com had a list of 25 significant historical events as depicted by 5 year-olds' drawings. Can you tell what each event is? Some drawings are easy, some are cryptic, and some are funny. So give it a shot. Score 1 point for each event you indentify. I'll put my answers in the comments section, so you can compare. Tell me what you got. You can click on the pictures to biggasize it. Good luck.

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1 comment:

tim said...

Mein Answers.
1.Bombing of either Hiroshima or Nagasaki. There were ninjas in both.
2.Battle of the Alamo
3.Eli Whitney invents cotton gin
4.Battle of 1812
5.Woodstock
6.Jonestown,Guyana.Mass suicide w/ cyanide laced grape punch.
7.Easter Sunday/Resurrection
8.Cold War
9.Hiel Hitler
10.Harry Truman and Thomas Dewey
11.Berlin Airlift
12.The trail of tears/Plight of Native Americans
13.The Scopes Monkey Trial/Evolution in the classroom.
14.Moon landing
15.Michaelangelo paints Sistine Chapel
16.Iran/Contra conflict
17.Homer's Illiad
18.Marie Antoinette/Let them eat cake.
19.Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theater
20.Rosa Parks
21.Landing on Plymouth Rock
22.Quaker Indian Massacre
23.Man on the moon (I don't know what's up with Dora or Batman)
24.Washington crossing the Deleware Christmas day, 1776
25.Underground railroad