Question | Answer | % Correct |
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Who wrote "On the Origin of Species"? | Charles Darwin | 95%
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What was the most populous city in the world during this decade? | London | 95%
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What became known as the “City of Light” after installing thousands of gas lamps? | Paris | 89%
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What did abolitionists seek to abolish? | Slavery | 89%
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What profession was founded by war volunteer Florence Nightingale? | Nursing | 87%
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What political party was founded in the United States in 1854? | Republican Party | 87%
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Who became emperor of the French in 1852? | Napoleon III | 75%
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What bell atop Westminster Palace rang for the first time? | Big Ben | 70%
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What close relative of homo sapiens was discovered in a cave in Germany? | Neanderthals | 70%
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What machine was introduced by Isaac Singer? | {Sewing} Machine | 67%
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What war did Russia fight against the British, French, and Ottomans? | Crimean War | 58%
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What country was created by the union of Moldavia and Wallachia? | Romania | 57%
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What glass hall was built to house London's Great Exhibition? | {Crystal} Palace | 56%
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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%
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What disease was studied by John Snow - who traced an outbreak to a single well in London? | Cholera | 54%
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In what country did soldiers revolt after it was rumored that gun cartridges were coated in beef or pork fat? | India | 53%
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What country was forcibly opened to foreign trade by the "black ships" of Commodore Perry? | Japan | 53%
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What simple device was built to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth? | Foucault's {Pendulum} | 37%
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Who wrote "The Scarlet Letter"? | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 37%
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What British poet wrote “Charge of the Light Brigade”? | Alfred, Lord Tennyson | 33%
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