Prize History Bloopers
This page provides a selection of funny history bloopers. The bloopers are authentic, unconsciously humorous answers to school exam questions and essays, gathered from a compilation by Viking Press published under the pseudonym of Alexander Abingdon in 1932. The selected extracts, edited and rearranged, are reproduced for readers in countries where the book is in the public domain, which, to the best of our knowledge, includes Australia (because more than 70 years have passed since the book's publication and because the so-called anonymous rule applies). For other countries, please check your local copyright laws.
In mathematics Persia gave us the dismal system
In Sparta all boys who were not able to walk were killed when born
The Spartan boys were beaten to death sometimes to see if they could stand it
I would rather have lived in Sparta than Athens because the Spartans had more peace of mind than the Athenians because the Spartans were slow to think and move while the Athenians could fully comprehend the situation
In Athens peace and prosperity throve to some extent but not to a certain degree
For all these acts of folly, James II must be held responsible, but then there happened something for which James could not be held responsible. His wife bore him a son.
The chief duties of the lord were to look after the manure and see that it was running right
Q. Tell about the hardships of the Pilgrims. A. They came to America on hardships.
The Pilgrims came to this country to worship as they saw fit and to see that everybody did the same
The English planted colonels when they came to America, some of which grew rapidly
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