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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which physicist brought the theories of gravity and the basic laws of motion?	Isaac Newton	97%
What was the name of the ship of Pilgrims that landed in Massachusetts in 1620?	Mayflower	97%
Who was the "Lord Protector of the Commonwealth" of England?	Oliver Cromwell	97%
What period of fine art, well known for its grandiosity and exaggeration, started in Italy around 1600?	Baroque	87%
What war was the result of the Reformation?	Thirty Years' War	87%
For what crime 20 people were executed in Massachusetts in 1692-93?	Witchcraft	87%
In which U.S state .was Harvard University founded in 1636?	Massachusetts	83%
Which artist painted Nicolaes Tulp (1632), Belshazzar's Feast (1635) and The Night Watch (1642)?	Rembrandt	83%
"Cogito, ergo sum" is a statement that was made in Latin by which philosopher?	Rene Descartes	83%
Which Italian violin maker opened a shop at Piazza Roma, prominent craftsmen square in Cremona?	Antonio Stradivari	80%
Miguel de Cervantes is best known for his novel "Don Quixote" completed in 1615. In what Spanish region is the story taking place?	La Mancha	80%
Which English explorer tried to find the Northwest Passage in 1607?	Henry Hudson	73%
What Native American tribe was Pocahontas from?	Powhatan	73%
Which scientist discovered the moons of Jupiter in 1610?	Gallileo Gallilei	70%
What town became the first permanent English settlement in the Americas in 1607?	Jamestown	70%
The first Africans arrived in what British colony in America in 1619?	Virginia	63%
What was the stage name of the comedic French playwright, whose works included "The Misanthrope" and "Tartuffe?"	Moliere	60%
Which philosopher was burned at the stake for believing that the universe is infinite and that other solar systems exist?	Giordano Bruno	53%
Who did the English colonists of New England fight in King Philip's war between 1675 and 1678?	Native American tribes	40%
In 1643, who led the first known European expedition to reach New Zealand and to sight the Fiji islands?	Abel Tasman	37%
Which Caribbean port city was largely destroyed by a cataclysmic earthquake in 1692, leaving pirates to find another refuge and base of operations?	Port Royal	37%
What was the name of early English settler of North America who was married to Pocahontas?	John Rolfe	20%