| Signed, Sealed, Delivered | Before and After | True or False? | Magna Clause | MC in America |
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King John
Who granted the 1215 Magna Carta?
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13
The Pope annulled the 1215 Magna Carta after how many weeks?
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True
The site of Runnymede is dominated by American monuments.
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It means "Great Charter" in Latin.
What does Magna Carta mean?
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The Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights
The principles of Magna Carta are echoed in which two American documents?
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Nowhere; it was SEALED at Runnymede.
Where was the 1215 Magna Carta signed?
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Shakespeare
Which English playwright wrote a play about King John in which he failed to mention Magna Carta?
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False
Magna Carta was written with lofty ideas of justice and liberty in mind.
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63
How many clauses did the original Magna Carta have?
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John F. Kennedy
A memorial to which American president is located at Runnymede?
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c. 3,500
Approximately how many words long is the 1215 Magna Carta?
a. 1,500 b. 2,500 c. 3,500 |
Gandhi and Nelson Mandela
Which two activists in South Africa have praised Magna Carta?
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True
The relationship between the promises made by the king and the granting of taxation paved the way for the first English Parliament.
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3
How many of the original clauses of Magna Carta remain on the statute books?
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The 1297 version
American billionaire and philanthropist David Rubenstein owns a copy of which version of Magna Carta?
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King John's grandson, Edward I
Who approved the 1297 Magna Carta?
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Clauses 39 and 40
Helena Normanton’s essay on ‘Magna Carta and Women’ argued that the disenfranchisement of women contravened which two clauses of Magna Carta?
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False
David Rubenstein bought a copy of Magna Carta from the Brudenells, a family of British aristocrats.
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4
How many copies of the original 1215 Magna Carta survive today?
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b. $20 million
Approximately how much did David Rubenstein pay for his copy of Magna Carta?
a. $10 million b. $20 million c. $30 million |
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King John's son, Henry III
Who issued the 1225 Magna Carta?
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The Chartists
In the 1800s, a nationwide movement of working people who created a ‘People’s Charta’ to fight for all men to have the vote. What were they called?
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False
The clause about justice and a fair trial made a big splash in 1215.
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a. one that defends the liberties and rights of the English Church
Which of the following Magna Carta clauses remain in effect today?
a. one that defends the liberties and rights of the English Church b. one dealing with property ownership c. one that bans fish weirs on rivers |
c. Eleanor Roosevelt
Who said that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights may well become “the international Magna Carta of all men everywhere”?
a. Abraham Lincoln b. Franklin Delano Roosevelt c. Eleanor Roosevelt |
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