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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who wrote "On the Origin of Species"?	Charles Darwin	95%
What was the most populous city in the world during this decade?	London	95%
What became known as the “City of Light” after installing thousands of gas lamps?	Paris	89%
What did abolitionists seek to abolish?	Slavery	89%
What profession was founded by war volunteer Florence Nightingale?	Nursing	87%
What political party was founded in the United States in 1854?	Republican Party	87%
Who became emperor of the French in 1852?	Napoleon III	75%
What bell atop Westminster Palace rang for the first time?	Big Ben	70%
What close relative of homo sapiens was discovered in a cave in Germany?	Neanderthals	70%
What machine was introduced by Isaac Singer?	{Sewing} Machine	67%
What war did Russia fight against the British, French, and Ottomans?	Crimean War	57%
What country was created by the union of Moldavia and Wallachia?	Romania	57%
What glass hall was built to house London's Great Exhibition?	{Crystal} Palace	56%
In what country did tens of millions die in a war started by a cult leader who claimed to be the brother of Jesus?	China	55%
What disease was studied by John Snow - who traced an outbreak to a single well in London?	Cholera	54%
In what country did soldiers revolt after it was rumored that gun cartridges were coated in beef or pork fat?	India	53%
What country was forcibly opened to foreign trade by the "black ships" of Commodore Perry?	Japan	53%
What simple device was built to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth?	Foucault's {Pendulum}	37%
Who wrote "The Scarlet Letter"?	Nathaniel Hawthorne	37%
What British poet wrote “Charge of the Light Brigade”?	Alfred, Lord Tennyson	33%