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Statistics for 1770s Decade Quiz
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- This quiz has been taken 17,490 times
- The average score is 12 of 18
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What country declared independence from Great Britain in 1776? | United States | 99%
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| What did protestors dump into Boston Harbor during an anti-tax "party" in 1773? | Tea | 98%
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| Who was that country's leading general? | George Washington | 93%
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| Who was the primary author of that's country's Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson | 88%
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| What British sea captain "discovered" Hawaii but was killed by the people who already lived there? | James Cook | 85%
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| What name did that captain give to the Hawaiian islands, in honor of an earl who invented a way to eat bread and meat? | The {Sandwich} Islands | 78%
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| What city's opera house, "Teatro alla Scala", opened in 1778? | Milan | 68%
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| What empire sealed an alliance with France by marrying princess Marie Antoinette to the future Louis XVI? | Habsburg Empire / Austria | 67%
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| What historical book's first volume was published by Edward Gibbon? | The Decline and Fall of the {Roman} {Empire} | 67%
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| What period of European history, lasting roughly from 1715–1789, was characterized by increasing beliefs in rationality, science, liberty, and toleration? | The {Enlightenment} | 67%
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| What city was home to the above, as well as many other luminaries such as David Hume, Robert Burns, and James Hutton? | Edinburgh | 60%
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| Who wrote "The Wealth of Nations", the foundational text of the science of economics? | Adam Smith | 57%
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| What "Candide" author and free speech advocate died in Paris at the age of 83? | Voltaire | 53%
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| What play did Johann Wolfgang von Goethe write about a man who sold his soul to the devil? | Faust | 49%
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| What Scottish inventor made major improvements to the steam engine? | James Watt | 41%
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| Who was the ruler of that empire? | Maria {Theresa} | 34%
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| In what modern-day city did the Spanish found a religious mission dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi? | San Francisco | 30%
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| What fur trapper established the first English settlement in Kentucky? | Daniel Boone | 28%
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