Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 39 i Horrible Histories

DID YOU KNOW? The USA hired Nazi scientists after the Second World War to help them build a rocket to fly to the moon! WIN! ENTRY FORM CLOSING DATE: 11.59pm, 7 October 2015. Entries will be judged by an independent panel appointed by the Horrible Histories Magazine team. Normal competition rules apply. COMPETITION RULES: You must make sure that we have your entries by 11:59pm on 7 October 2015. 1. You can enter if you live in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or the Channel Islands, but not if someone who lives in your house works for the Immediate Media Company. 2. By entering the competition, you accept that Immediate Media Company London Limited (address below), as the publisher of Horrible Histories Magazine, is the promoter of this competition and…

Today is your lucky day, because we’re giving away a free* child ticket to The Dungeons! The Dungeons in L ondon, Blackpool, Y ork and Edinburgh are so much fun – the y bring together an amazing cast o f actors, special effects, 360° stages and sc enes in an exciting walkthrough experience where you hear, touch, smell and feel hundreds of years of the cities’ putrid past! DID YOU KNOW? In Tudor times many prisoners entered the Tower of London by boat through a special entrance called Traitors’ Gate. FREE *  CHILD TICKET! (WHEN JOINED BY A FULL-PAYING ADULT) * TERMS AND CONDITIONS 1. This Promotion entitles the holder of this Voucher to one FREE CHILD ENTRY to The Dungeons in London, York, Edinburgh and Blackpool upon the…

Have you seen Mr H in the new Horrible Histories TV series this summer? He’s always joking about crazy fools back in time – check him out on BBC iPlayer! 1 The Prussian commander during the Battle of Waterloo, Gebhard von Blucher, thought he was what? A. An alien from space B. Haunted by ghosts C. Pregnant with an elephant 2 Zhengde, a Chinese emperor in the 1500s, was injured doing what? A. Letting tigers loose in his home B. Trying to fly off a cliff C. Fighting a panda 3 What did rival forces do before the naval Battle of Lepanto in 1571? A. Have a dance-off B. Juggle with fruit C. Play Monopoly…

“They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance” John Sedgwick, US Civil War General He thought the enemy couldn’t hit him – he was wrong. He was shot dead seconds later. “I live!” Roman Emperor Caligula No, Caligula, you were being killed by your own Roman soldiers. Doh! “You will show my head to the crowd. It is worth seeing” Georges Danton, executed in the French Revolution He obviously thought he had a pretty face! “I’m bored with it all” Winston Churchill The ex-Prime Minister, and war hero, wasn’t too upset to be dying! “It is nothing” Archduke Franz Ferdinand It wasn’t nothing, Franz – the assassin’s bullet killed you. QUICK QUIZ Whose final sentence was: “last words are for fools who ha ven’t said enough”? a Highwayman Dick Turpin…

HUNGRY HORROR! Roman emperor Elagabalus was an evil ruler. One of his cruel tricks was to make a slave collect 500kg of spiders’ webs – when the slave failed he was eaten alive by starving rats! RAT ATTACK! Rats were everywhere in the trenches of the First World War – there were tens of thousands of them. Some soldiers believed rats knew when enemy bombs were about to land in the trenches as they sensed danger and ran away! FRENCH SECRET! In February 1944, French freedom fighters battling in the Second World War planned to kill as many German secret police as possible. The code word for this attack was ‘rat week’. SAVAGE SHIP! There were usually more rats on a pirate ship than pirates! Rats chewed everything onboard and…

RATTUS HAS A VISITOR! Ever wondered what’s inside the home of Horrible Histories host Rattus? Well, this picture seems to show that it’s reader Dylan! CRUEL COLLECTION! William has even surprised himself at how good his Horrible Histories collection is! FIERCE FACE! Don’t worry, Aurora isn’t really ill – she’s just pretending! Right, Aurora? Aurora? Wake up! WIN! Every entry on this page wins a new LEGO ®  Mixels™ Series 5 pack! LEGO, the LEGO logo, and MIXELS are trademarks of the LEGO Group. © 2015 The LEGO Group. All rights reserved. TM & © 2015 Cartoon Network. LEGO.com/Mixels CONTACT! shout@hhmag.co.uk Horrible Histories, Vineyard House, 44 Brook Green, London W6 7BT TEL: 020 7150 5688 FOLLOW! We’re on PopJam – search for @HORRIBLEHISTORIESMAG! BLIPP-ARRRGH PIRATES! These rotten readers used the…

3 Sept, 1939 Britain and France declare war on Adolf Hitler’s Germany. 5 Sept, 1847 Jesse James is born in the USA – he’ll go on to be a famous outlaw in the Wild West. 7 Sept, 1533 Elizabeth I is born in Greenwich Palace. 8 Sept, 1888 Mysterious Victorian murderer Jack the Ripper claims his second victim. 14 Sept, 1901 US president William McKinley dies eight days after being shot. 15 Sept, 1916  Tanks are first used in combat, during the First World War. 20 Sept, 1519 Portuguese sailor Ferdinand Magellan sets sail for South America. Only 18 of the 237 men survive the round trip. 22 Sept, 1828 The chief of the Zulus and founder of the Zulu empire, Shaka, is killed by his two half-brothers. 28 Sept,…

QUEEN VICTORIA SONG: Empress of India A BIT LIKE: A classic Bollywood song BEST BIT: “Prefer the Isle of Wight for my Indian summer!” YOUR RATING: /10 DID YOU KNOW? Both Victoria and her husband, Albert, could play the piano and sing well! KING ALFRED SONG: I’m Out Of Town A BIT LIKE: Ed Sheeran's ‘Lego House’ BEST BIT : “I’m in retreat, don’t want to end up as Viking meat!” YOUR RATING: /10 HENRY VIII SONG: A Little More Reformation A BIT LIKE: Elvis Presley’s ‘A Little More Conversation’ BEST BIT: “A little less pope, a lot more cake!” YOUR RATING: /10 KING JOHN SONG: Magna Carta Rap Battle A BIT LIKE: An old-school rap face-off BEST BIT: “I’ll agree to your skanky scroll. I’m tired of this game,…

CAN YOU FIND... MUSTARD MAGPIE BEAK TREACLE PEE FROG BACON FAT BEETLE JUICE DONKEY SKIN PIG’S EYE GARDEN SHRUBS HONEY LIMESTONE Doctors in the Middle Ages believed washing your hair in a boy’s pee could prevent ringworm – an itchy skin condition. Urgh! A mustard and onion mixture, stuffed up your nose, was believed to cure a blocked-up snout! The Egyptians mashed a pig’s eye with honey and powder, then poured it into a patient’s ear to treat blindness! ANSWER ON PAGE 35…

HORSING AROUND! Henry VIII loved horses, apart from the one that fell on top of him and almost killed him. He was the first king to race on horses! BAR-KING MAD! During King James I’s reign, dogs, bears and lions were made to fight each other as entertainment for the king. GETTING THE HUMP! King Henry III kept a zoo in the Tower of London with a camel, buffalo, lion, elephant and leopards locked in cages! GOING APE! Henry VII had a pet monkey who once got into his writing room and ripped up his diaries. Bad monkey! TALL TALE! King George IV kept a private zoo in Windsor, which included a giraffe that was given to him in 1827 by the Pasha of Egypt. George was so upset when…

Queen Victoria survived seven attempts to assassinate her – the first three all took place in 1842. No wonder she didn’t like riding around in her horse-drawn carriage in London! After her husband, Prince Albert, died in 1861 Victoria refused for many years to appear in public. Then when she did, she wore a black widow’s bonnet and not a crown. Edward III’s wedding in 1328 was a bit strange. The cathedral had building work going on, there was a hole in the roof and it even snowed during the ceremony! Edward wasn’t always so amusing when it came to weddings – he once promised his young daughter would marry ‘Pedro the Cruel’ of Spain. Yikes! SEND US YOUR SELFIES! Email a funny selfie of you at a historical place…

HEADING FOR TROUBLE! This Roman emperor murdered his first wife, Octavia, and sent her head to the house of his new girlfriend! GOD, I AM GREAT! What a manic monarch this guy was – his people said he lacked a few brain cells after he declared he was the ancient god Hercules and had returned to Earth! FISHY FELLOW! As a punishment, this Roman ruler had a fisherman smothered and rubbed in dead fish and crab. ‘Water’ terrible way to behave! CRIME DOESN’T PAY! This emperor was kidnapped by pirates – but he complained that the ransom money demanded for his release was too low. The pirates had to raise the ransom!…

MONDAY Moon’s day – the day of the moon! TUESDAY Tiw’s day – the day of the God of War, Tiw! DID YOU KNOW? Tiw, the God of War, was usually shown with only one hand, because it was said a wolf bit the other one off! WEDNESDAY Woden’s day – the day of the Chief God, Woden! THURSDAY Thunor’s day – the day of the God of Thunder, Thunor! DID YOU KNOW? Saxons used to believe that Thunor rode a chariot that was pulled along by goats! FRIDAY Freyja’s day – the day of the Goddess of Love, Freyja! SATURDAY Saturn’s day – the day of the Roman god, Saturn! SUNDAY Sun’s day – the day of the sun! Oh My God!  Just for fun, imagine you are a…

THAT’S NOT VERY LICE! At the Gallipoli battles in 1915, soldiers were forced to wear the same clothes for weeks – without even taking them off! One Australian soldier finally got to take his socks off – but when he put them on the floor, the socks moved because of all the lice wriggling inside them!…

MY FAVOURITE MONARCH IS HENRY VIII, BECAUSE HE SEEMS COOL AND NOT VERY POSH MY FAVOURITE MONARCH IS QUEEN VICTORIA, BECAUSE SHE IS THE LONGEST REIGNING MONARCH… ALTHOUGH ELIZABETH II MAY OVERTAKE HER! HENRY VIII, BECAUSE HE HAS AN INTERESTING STORY BEHIND HIM AND HE IS REALLY COOL AND FUNNY IN THE SKETCHES! POPJAM™ Follow @HorribleHistoriesMag on the free app PopJam for more votes, jokes and fun facts!…