Statistics for The French Revolution

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  • The average score is 14 of 20

Answer Stats

QuestionAnswer% Correct
What device was used to behead them?Guillotine
96%
What king and queen were beheaded in 1793?Louis XVI
95%
What king and queen were beheaded in 1793?Marie Antoinette
93%
What prison was stormed in 1789?Bastille
92%
What did that queen supposedly say that people should eat if they had no bread?Cake
85%
What is name of the period, in 1793 and 1794, in which thousands were executed?The Reign of {Terror}
85%
Who was elevated to the rank of "First Consul" in 1799, an event usually
considered the end of the Revoluion?
Napoleon Bonaparte
82%
Who weren't granted rights by the "Declaration of the Rights of Man"?Women and slaves
73%
What revolutionary motto, first uttered in 1790, is still the national motto of France?Liberté, egalité, {fraternité}
70%
France's national anthem was written in 1792. What city is it named after?Marseille
68%
What system of weights and measures was introduced in 1791?Metric System
68%
What groups of people comprised the "three estates" prior to the revolution?Nobility
66%
What groups of people comprised the "three estates" prior to the revolution?Commoners
65%
On what day of the year was that prison stormed?July 14th
63%
What "incorruptible" and bloodthirsty revolutionary was executed in 1794?Maximilien Robespierre
62%
What groups of people comprised the "three estates" prior to the revolution?Clergy
61%
What period of time was increased to 10 days in length?The Week
59%
What Charles Dickens novel is set in London and Paris during the
time of the French Revolution?
A Tale of Two Cities
57%
What small group led France during that period?Committee of Public {Safety}
28%
What atheistic cult was promoted as a replacement for Catholicism?Cult of {Reason}
19%

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