1. What is apartheid?
A political system where black people were completely separated from white people.
2. What is non-violent resistance?
Where you protest something without using weapons. ("Kind of like Martin Luther King?" "Just like Martin Luther King")
3. What is a nuclear bomb? Was it good or bad that we dropped it?
A bomb that kills lots of people at once, ("plus there is nuclear fallout", adds Jerry). Right, plus there is nuclear fallout, which means people are sick for a long time afterwards. It was not really all that good, but it basically ended the war so I think most people in America were pretty happy about it.
4. What is Communism? What is Capitalism?
LOOOOONNNNGGGGG explanation.
5. How did we win the cold war?
AGAIN LOOONNNGG, and happily interrupted by arriving at our tube stop.
6. Where was I before I was born?
Um...
7. Is the Dalai Lama a King?
Kind of.
8. Do women in china wear pants?
Yes.
9. Why was Saddam Hussein hiding in a hole?
So we wouldn't find him.
10. How do we know Hitler is dead?
He would be really really old by now if he was alive.
11. Who is the leader of the Taliban?
Um, I'm not sure.
12. How did Nelson Mandela end apartheid?
By leading a resistance. And going to Jail for a super long time.
13. Can I have some ice cream?
Yes, if we can have a break from questions.
14. Why do they sing "London Bridge is falling down?" when London Bridge is not falling down?
Lets check the iphone and find out. Hmmm, nobody seems to know, but it was the oldest bridge in London (built in the 1000s), so eventually it was probably in pretty bad shape.
15. How long did they leave the heads on the London Bridge before taking them down?
Um, I don't know but they are not there now.
16. Do they still cut off people's heads today?
Not in London.
17. What did Jack the Ripper do?
He killed a lot of people. ("Kind of like Hitler?"} Well, yes except he wasn't in charge of a country.
18. Can we take a taxi?
No, no, no, yes.
19. What is colonization?
When big countries like England, Spain, the Netherlands, took over other lands for themselves. They said they were helping the people there by bringing them medicine, books, science, etc. but the people there weren't always so happy about it.
20. Who was Madame Tussaud?
A French lady who learned how to make wax heads while in prison during the French Revolution and going through the severed heads to copy the war criminals and prove her allegiance to the Resistance.
21. How did Princess Diana die?
. In a really really bad car crash