Statistics for History True or False #4

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Charles Darwin wrote "On the Origin of Species"	True	89%
Albert Einstein invented the nuclear bomb	False	87%
Eventually, Christianity replaced paganism as the primary religion of the Roman Empire	True	86%
At one point, the Mongolian Empire conquered China	True	84%
The saxophone was a popular musical instrument in Europe during the Middle Ages	False	82%
Buddhism started on the Indian subcontinent	True	79%
The population of the New World declined significantly in the 100 years after Columbus landed there	True	79%
No one has contracted the bubonic plague in more than 500 years	False	78%
The leap year was canceled in 1916 due to World War One	False	74%
Karl Marx was born in what is today Germany	True	72%
Queen Victoria had no children and was thought to have died a virgin	False	67%
Sub-Saharan Africa was more technologically advanced than Europe in the year 1000 A.D., even using primitive steam-powered computers	False	66%
Dingos were brought to Australia by Europeans in the late 1800s	False	65%
The highest-ranking leader of the Roman Republic was called a "Praetor", which is Latin for President	False	62%
The First Crusade accomplished its goal of capturing Jerusalem	True	48%