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Last updated: November 22, 2018
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During what gold rush was Jack London’s novel “White Fang” set?
Klondike Gold Rush
What African-American athlete defied Hitler's theories of racial superiority by winning
four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics?
Jesse Owens
What modern-day country was once the largest and most profitable Dutch colony?
Indonesia
What 1969 music festival is sometimes considered the zenith of the hippie movement?
Woodstock
What is another name for a "Brownshirt"?
A Fascist
Who said "honey, I forgot to duck" after being shot in 1981?
Ronald Reagan
Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was killed in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914?
Franz Ferdinand
Which U.S. state was an independent country for almost 10 years?
Texas
What general won the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805?
Napoleon
Where in Greece could Apollo's oracle be found?
Delphi
What were the 1890's known as?
The Gay Nineties
What composer died while composing a Requiem in 1791?
Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart
In what nearly extinct language were the Hindu Vedas written?
Sanskrit
What was the main export of Jamaica during its colonial period?
Sugar
What Mexican general defeated the Texans at the Alamo?
Antonio López de
Santa Anna
What religious order was founded by Ignatius of Loyola to reform the Catholic church?
Jesuits
What Puritanical English ruler banned Christmas?
Oliver Cromwell
What ancient empire was led by Xerxes, Cyrus, and Darius?
Persia
What fermented food product was called "liberty cabbage" during WWI?
Sauerkraut
5 Comments
Lilylee
+3
Level 75
Nov 22, 2018
Well now I know what I'll be doing for the rest of the night.
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Nov 22, 2018
I wish you good luck! There's also a Geography version I released a few days ago which is eligible for points if you master this one :)
Gassu
+1
Level 70
Nov 22, 2018
You could make a random quiz collecting facts from the 200 General Knowledge quizzes :D
Stewart
+2
Level 68
Nov 22, 2018
That is the eventual plan! But with 200 quizzes to pool from, that'll take a long time to create, so bare with me! If the geography one taught me anything it's that I need to vet the questions more thoroughly. I'll have it out by Christmas. Promise :)
Josiah
+1
Level 58
Aug 21, 2022
Wow, what a great quiz!
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