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title: Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★ — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · History
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 87 «Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★» of the history course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★

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The 16 questions of lesson 87 «Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★» of the history course of Mova's primary school with their options, 95 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/t1/) — ★★★ Lily plays a game: «A Plains warrior on horseback in the year 1300, epic!» What's wrong? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/t2/) — ★★★ Noah in Atlanta: «Lincoln in a photo? Fake, y'all, cameras weren't even invented yet.» Fair? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/t3/) — ★★★ A cartoon shows Cleopatra snacking on chocolate. «It's giving ancient queen», says Ava. What's the real spot? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/t4/) — ★★★ Danny from Liverpool: «Boss film, sound, Columbus with a telescope on deck.» (boss and sound mean great) Spot it? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/t5/) — ★★★ Ben: «Queen Victoria on a train? Mate, that's an anachronism.» Right? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/t6/) — ★★★ Your little cousin draws an ancient Olympic winner biting a gold medal. Best fix? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/t7/) — ★★★ Four film scenes. Which one has NO anachronism? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/t8/) — ★★★ Grandad Bob: «In 1960 we had a telly, a phone box down the road and no internet.» Any anachronism? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/t9/) — ★★★ Ruby in Toronto: «Knight in 1100 checks his pocket watch, eh, totally legit.» What's up? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/t10/) — ★★★ Seren in Swansea: «Vikings in horned helmets, proper history, mun.» Fix it. — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/t11/) — ★★★ A game's Roman market stall sells potatoes, wheat bread, olives and grapes. Which item is the slip? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/t12/) — ★★★ Max: «Prince Volodymyr read a printed Bible in 988, there were literally a million copies.» What's real? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/e1/) — Define the term «anachronism». — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/e2/) — Identify the instrument which Christopher Columbus could genuinely have employed in 1492. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/e3/) — Select the historical figure of whom no photograph can exist. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/e4/) — Determine which foodstuff could not have been eaten in ancient Rome. — wrong ✗ · exam

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