Statistics for The 18th Century

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Year	Description	Answer	% Correct
1776	This country declares independence from Great Britain	United States	91%
1791	This Austrian composer dies of fever at age 35	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	91%
1793	This queen is beheaded by guillotine	Marie Antoinette	88%
1799	French troops uncover this relic, the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs	{Rosetta} Stone	88%
1789	Rioters attack this notorious Parisian prison	Bastille	84%
c. 1760s	This "Revolution" begins in Great Britain before spreading to the rest of the world	Industrial Revolution	82%
1718	This pirate, born Edward Teach, is killed by the Royal Navy	Blackbeard	78%
1778	This sea captain "discovers" Hawaii	James Cook	78%
1795	The British Navy discovers that this disease can be prevented by drinking lemon juice	Scurvy	77%
1796	Edward Jenner invents a vaccine for this disease	Smallpox	75%
1701	This militant German kingdom is formed under Frederick I	Prussia	72%
1717	The first Grand Lodge of this secret society is formed in London	Freemasonry	70%
1703	Peter the Great founds this capital on the Gulf of Finland	St. Petersburg	70%
1783	Man takes flight as the Montgolfier brothers demonstrate this invention	Hot Air Balloon	63%
1759	This enlightened French philosopher publishes "Candide"	Voltaire	55%
1776	Adam Smith writes the first book about this "dismal science"	Economics	50%
1756–1763	Great Britain, France, Austria, and other powers fight this world war	Seven Years' War	46%
1719	Daniel Defoe writes this book, sometimes considered the first English-language novel	Robinson Crusoe	43%
1788	This Scottish poet composes "Auld Lang Syne"	Robert Burns	41%
1732	This Philadelphia printer publishes "Poor Richard's Almanack" for the first time	Benjamin Franklin	40%