How well do you know your world history?

13/15. Getting better!

10/15. Could be better!

14/15. Not sure about vomitorriums; always thought they were a feature of Roman life.

JRW, do you think that Jetty Newnham meant exiting?

11/15. Same as last time!

David Colloby, Yes, it was still in use. The last person to be executed by guillotine in France was Hamida Djandoubi on September 10, 1977.

11 / 15. I should have done better!

Alan Conyard, It is not a myth. In ancient Roman architecture, vomitoria were designed to provide rapid egress for large crowds at amphitheatres and stadia, as they do in modern sports stadia and large theatres. The word does not mean a place to vomit food. It is an egress.

David Colloby, The last time France used the guillotine was on September 10, 1977, when Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian migrant worker, was executed in Marseille for the torture and murder of his girlfriend, Elisabeth Bousquet. The execution was bloody and unpleasant, and came at a time when capital punishment was already being debated in France.

The guiottine was still on the statute books but I dont believe it was in use

I can see that many of us got the Vomitorium wrong 12/15

Jetty Newnham, vomitorium existed. But they were not for vomiting. They were hallways that allowed people to leave quickly. Or to 'spew' forth.

I got the vomitorium question wrong. I'm sure it's for existing.