Statistics for History Multiple Choice #2

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?	Constantinople	89%
What was Abraham Lincoln doing when he was assassinated in 1865?	Watching a play at Ford's Theatre	89%
What was the Tunguska event of 1908?	A giant explosion in Siberia probably caused by a meteor impact	79%
What was a dreadnought?	A type of battleship	79%
What country was formerly known as Southern Rhodesia?	Zimbabwe	79%
Which came first?	The Paleolithic	77%
Who was the first animal to orbit the Earth?	Laika the dog	73%
What was the original purpose of the Taj Mahal?	Mausoleum	68%
Compared to 50 years ago do French people drink more or less wine?	Less	56%
What did Costa Rica abolish in 1949?	Its military	55%
Which of these crops DIDN'T come from the New World?	Hemp	49%
What did the Qing dynasty force all men to do when they took over China in the 1600s?	Wear a specific hairstyle	42%
Where did Karl Marx spend most of his adult life?	London	40%
Who theorized that, as food levels rise, population levels grow to meet them - thereby ensuring most people will always be poor?	Thomas Robert Malthus	35%
What decade was known as "gay" in America and "naughty" in Britain?	1890s	31%