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