I had never heard of it either until about 5 years ago. And yet more people died than in WWI. For whatever reason, most Western education includes almost nothing about Chinese history.
For whatever reason, people from places outside the US love to make ignorant comments about American culture, and then in the same breath comment that Americans are ignorant about other cultures.
Interesting. I vividly recall being taught about the Crimean War in my schoolroom in the United States. Must be a false memory since I'm sure you're right in your assumption.
for some reason my mind has been blanking on names all evening. I was so mad at myself that I couldn't remember the name. I couldn't remember Hawthorne's name either, and I own The Scarlet Letter.
Fascinating quiz. Maybe use the yellow box for this quiz? I fluked two answers for "common" answers (London, China) that turned out to match other questions!
The French emperor answer should require more--the Roman numerals, to be precise. Otherwise you let those who don't know the difference between the two to get an undeserved freebie.
hangs head in shame.
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/240339/why-is-lord-alfred-tennyson-often-written-as-alfred-lord-tennyson