Recent Answers |
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What would happen if you didn’t believe in any gods? |
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Did being poor in Aztec times affect you in the afterlife? (2) |
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Did Spanish kings and queens wear headdresses? |
Answers from 2023 |
Did being poor in Aztec times affect you in the afterlife? (1) |
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Did they put the fire out at night? |
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How could you give birth if pregnant in enemy territory? (2) |
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How could you give birth if pregnant in enemy territory? (1) |
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If codices were covered with jaguar skin, wouldn’t they smell? |
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Did they bury other things to warn of hazards going to the underworld? |
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In the moon calendar, were the 260 days all linked to different gods? |
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How many [Aztec] books were there [before the Spanish invasion]? |
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How many different colours of maize are there? |
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Did they celebrate a different god every day? |
Answers from 2022 |
What did Aztec schools look like inside? |
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Did shaking the rainstick at the clouds work? |
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What’s the support under the tortoise shell drum? |
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Could a human become a god, or were gods always born as gods? |
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Are there recipes today that haven’t changed since Aztec times |
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Why was 20 such a special number? |
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Why did they put blank pages at the end of the Codex [Cospi]? |
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Which museum outside Mexico has the most Aztec objects? |
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Which was the most common musical instrument? |
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Did the Aztecs decorate the city walls? |
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Would you have lived longer living amongst the Maya or the Aztecs? |
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How heavy would one of the skull masks have been? |
Answers from 2021 |
Did the Aztecs give presents? |
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Which other foods were sacred apart from maize? |
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In Aztec school were you called by your nickname? |
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Who killed Moctezuma II? |
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Why did the Aztecs like to chant so much? |
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Why did they like to paint their bodies so much? |
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Why did they believe the earth is a turtle? |
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How did they carry the heavy stones to make their temples? |
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Which was the most common superstition in Aztec times? |
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If you were under 52 were you ever allowed chocolate? |
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Once dead, could you move between heavens or levels? |
Answers from 2020 |
If you lived in Aztec times, what would you change? |
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What are the two bulbs either side of the centre of the Sunsonte? |
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Going back in time, what one question would you ask the Aztecs? |
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How did they choose their kings and queens? |
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How many people lived in an Aztec house (2)? |
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How many people lived in an Aztec house (1)? |
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Why did the Mexica believe in a four-year journey to the underworld? |
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How do you say ‘brother’ in Nahuatl? |
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Was obsidian worn as jewellery? |
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What was the WORST job to have in Aztec times? |
Answers from 2019 |
Were important people carried or did they walk? |
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Is there a dragon in the Wind sign of the Aztec Sunstone? |
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Were 4 gods linked to the 4 previous ‘worlds’? |
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How were Aztec orphans looked after? |
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What was bronze in Aztec beliefs? |
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Why did the Aztecs believe in so many heavens? |
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Where did the Aztecs get the names of their gods from? |
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Did the Aztecs invent anything we still use today? |
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Did the Aztecs celebrate gods’ birthdays? |
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Could there be more undiscovered ancient books in Mexico? |
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Did children learn to play the ballgame at school? |
Answers from 2018 |
Were there any female Aztec rulers? |
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Why did the Aztecs think gold was the poo of the sun god? |
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Does the different colour of maize depend on where it’s grown? |
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Does each of the 20 day signs relate to a particular quality? |
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Could you be killed for cutting down a tree? |
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How many pages did an Aztec book have? |
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In the nocturnal ballgame did the burning ball give off noxious gases? |
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If an Aztec tried to commit suicide would they have been punished? |
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Most interesting fact you’ve come across about the Aztecs (4) |
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Did the Spanish first meet the Aztecs during the day or at night? |
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What percentage of Aztec society were slaves? |
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Is it true that the Spanish didn’t like chocolate at first? |
Answers from 2017 |
Where was the Sunstone in Aztec times? |
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Why were Aztec parents so strict? |
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Did the Aztecs ever fight against the Maya? |
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What was the Aztecs’ greatest fear? |
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Did the Aztecs wear masks to take on extra powers? |
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How rare was it to reach the age of 52? |
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Who were the first to chew gum, the ancient Greeks or Mexicans? |
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Did the Aztecs allow divorce? |
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What did the Spanish do after the native population collapsed? |
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Why did the Aztecs dance when they fought? |
Answers from 2016 |
Is the chewing gum tree only found in Mexico? |
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Who invented the 20-day calendar? |
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Did they carry on playing the ballgame in pouring rain? |
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Most interesting fact you’ve come across about the Aztecs (3) |
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Did the Aztec gods ever make a sign or an appearance? |
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Most interesting fact you’ve come across about the Aztecs (2) |
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What toys did Aztec children play with? |
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How long were Aztec children held over smoking chillies for? |
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After the ballgame did they do human sacrifices straight away? |
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Why did Aztec houses have no windows? |
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Most interesting fact you’ve come across about the Aztecs |
Answers from 2015 |
Were babies stolen from mothers in Aztec markets? |
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Could Aztec children go to the market on their own? |
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Which was the most sacred animal for the Aztecs? |
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Did the Aztecs have hospitals? |
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Which was the Aztecs’ favourite game? |
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If the Aztecs died of old age how long did they expect to live for? |
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Did the Maya and Aztecs take feathers for headdresses from other birds |
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Which was the greatest [Aztec] goddess? |
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Have any ancient rubber balls been found? |
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If you died from hunger or disease, which underworld would you go to? |
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When you find something buried, how do you know it’s Aztec? |
Answers from 2014 |
Why is it better to support loads on the head and not on the shoulders |
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Would you like to have lived in Aztec times? |
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How did the Aztecs decide what to make musical instruments out of? |
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Why did the Aztecs sacrifice the men and not the women? |
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Did the Aztecs bury things for future generations like us to find? |
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Why did the Aztec gods destroy the four previous worlds? |
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What was the highest position a woman could reach? |
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Did the Aztecs began as a small, peaceful, wandering tribe? |
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Do you know the names of all the Aztec gods? |
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Why is the original gold pendant in England? |
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Did the Aztecs ever meet the Incas? |
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When did the Aztecs stop using cacao beans for money? |
Answers from 2013 |
Why always THREE hearth stones? |
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How did they know the Fifth Sun would be destroyed by an earthquake? |
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Did the Aztecs do any sacrifices taking out the liver? |
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Were Aztec marriages arranged? |
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How did a warrior put on the skin of an eagle? |
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Which was the second biggest town/city in Aztec times? |
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Did the Aztecs have a particularly BAD ruler, like we had Henry VIII? |
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What did ordinary Aztec people turn into in the afterlife? |
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Would a son inherit the family house from his father when he grew up? |
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Did the Aztecs breed exotic birds like the quetzal for their feathers? |
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How did scribes get rid of mistakes when they wrote their books? |
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How were the stars created? |
Answers from 2012 |
Which museum has the most Aztec objects in it? |
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Did the Aztecs work at night? |
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Being held over burning chiles: differences between boys and girls? |
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Why did Aztec shields have patterns on them? |
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What was the Aztecs’ most prized possession? (2) |
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Did the Aztecs have cenotes [sacred wells or sinkholes] or caves? |
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Which was the biggest group [job sector] in Aztec society? |
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Did the Aztecs force you to be who you were - 2? |
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How many people watched the [ball]game? |
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Were there medical teams on hand [in ballgames] in case of injuries? |
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Why didn't Aztec houses have doors? |
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Did the Aztecs use the pottery wheel to make their pottery? |
Answers from 2011 |
What was the Aztecs’ most prized possession? |
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Why was the statue of the earth goddess re-buried? |
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What did they do with the shells of armadillos after eating the meat? |
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Did the Aztecs say a prayer before eating? |
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Why is the emperor called Montezuma [in England] and not Moctezuma? |
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Did people get paid for cleaning the city? |
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Did the Aztecs carve eagles and jaguars on their drums as messengers? |
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Were there rich and poor in Aztec times? |
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What animals did they sacrifice? Do people still sacrifice animals? |
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Did the Aztecs force you to be who you were - 1? |
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How did the Spanish translate what the Aztecs wrote? |
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What sort of gadgets did the Aztecs have? |
Answers from 2010 |
Did they have the same seasons as we do? |
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Were there more diseases among the English than among the Aztecs? |
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Did they send post (mail)? |
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Were there any laws about getting married and having children? |
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Who was the first archaeologist to find out about the Aztecs? |
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Did Aztecs believe in war before they settled in Tenochtitlan? |
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Why do the 20 day signs run ANTI-clockwise on the Sunstone? |
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Why was the Sun God called Tonatiuh? |
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What happened to the Aztec gods after the conquest - 2? |
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What happened to the Aztec gods after the conquest - 1? |
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Why did the Aztecs only use wheels for toys and not for transport? |
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Is Náhuatl taught in Mexican schools today? |
Answers from 2009 |
Why did many Aztec musical instruments have animal designs on them? |
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Which was the Aztecs’ most fearsome weapon? |
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How old was the oldest codex? |
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Did the Spanish have an interpreter when they conquered the Aztecs? |
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Have traces of real blood been found on the sacrifice knife blades? |
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Did the Aztecs know of different star constellations? |
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Did they take feathers equally from male and female quetzal birds? |
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What if an Aztec warrior died or was killed in battle? |
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When the Aztecs went to war, did they use any [special] tactics? |
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Why do there seem to be two domino pieces on the Sunstone? |
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Did the Aztecs like symmetry? |
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Why did they call them ‘chinampas’? |
Answers from 2008 |
How did Aztec people tell the time? |
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Why did Moctezuma think that Cortés looked like Quetzalcoatl? |
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Where did the aqueduct go to (from Tenochtitlan)? |
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Did the Aztecs mark the landscape in any way when someone died? |
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How many planets did the Aztecs believe existed? |
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Was Snake Woman an Aztec empress? |
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Did the Aztecs think the earth was round or flat? |
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Is it true the Aztecs learned the cycle of Venus from the Maya? |
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Which pet was the Aztecs’ favourite? |
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Did they have First Aid? |
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How big was the Aztec army? |
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Why didn’t the Aztecs ask their gods to save them? |
Answers from 2007 |
How many words were there in the Aztec language? |
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Do we only get food words or are there other Aztec derived words? |
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Do any Mexican communities still follow the old religion? |
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Is it true the Aztecs made a sacrifice (on average) every 10 minutes? |
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Why did they put holes [gaps] in the [upright huehuetl] drums? |
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Are Spanish children taught about what happened to the Aztecs? |
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What do the two snakes on the Sunstone mean? |
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Which parts of the Day of the Dead festival go back to the Aztecs? |
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When did the 5 ‘useless’ days come in the Aztec calendar? |
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What was the emperor’s house like? |
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Did most words in the Aztec language end in -tl? |
Answers from 2006 |
Was there any contact between the Aztecs and the ancient Egyptians? |
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How much energy can you get from one cocoa bean? |
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What is the strangest thing you have ever learnt about the Aztecs? |
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Physically how were the skulls stuck into the skullracks? |
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Did the Aztecs have a god of snow? |
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Did the Aztecs have different types of chewing gum to today’s? |
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What tools did the Aztecs use to make their jewellery with? |
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What was the point of the skull rack? |
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Which was the most powerful Aztec god? |
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Why did the Aztecs worship maize? |
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Did the taco come from the cigarette, or the cigarette from the taco?! |
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Did the Aztecs wear winter clothes? |
Answers from 2005 |
Which was the most deadly insect in the country in Aztec times? |
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Did the Aztecs use make-up? |
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Why were cocoa beans so valuable? |
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Which was the most precious colour for the Aztecs and why? |
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How did the hearts actually get to the gods? |
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What did Aztec children learn in school? |
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How long did it take the Aztecs to realise that Cortes was not a god? |
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Which were the most common crimes among the Aztecs? |
Answers from 2004 |
Were there women warriors? |
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Did the Aztecs have kings and queens? |