Year | Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1804 | World population reaches one _______ | Billion | 100%
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1804 | ________ crowns himself Emperor of the French | Napoleon | 98%
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1801 | The Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland merge to form the ______ _______ | United Kingdom | 98%
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1867 | The US purchases ______ from Russia | Alaska | 97%
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1861 | The American ______ War begins between the Union and seceding Confederacy | Civil | 97%
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1806 | Holy _____ Empire dissolves as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg | Roman | 97%
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1848 | The _________ Manifesto published by Karl Marx | Communist | 95%
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1889 | The ______ Tower is inaugurated in Paris | Eiffel | 95%
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1886 | Construction of the Statue of _______ | Liberty | 95%
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1833 | The Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the _______ Empire | British | 93%
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1845 | The Irish ______ Famine leads to the Irish diaspora | Potato | 93%
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1869 | The ____ Canal opens, linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea | Suez | 93%
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1879 | Thomas Edison tests his first _____ bulb | Light | 92%
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1815 | Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of ________ | Waterloo | 92%
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1871 | Otto Von ________ becomes first chancellor of the German Empire | Bismarck | 90%
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1888 | Jack the ______ murders occur in Whitechapel, London | Ripper | 90%
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1858 | Construction of Big ___ is completed | Ben | 89%
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1872 | The first international ________ match is played, between Scotland and England | Football | 89%
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1877 | Thomas ______ invents the phonograph | Edison | 87%
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1804 | _____ gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic | Haiti | 87%
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1865 | Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes _____ | Booth | 84%
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1872 | ___________ National Park is created | Yellowstone | 84%
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1802 | _________ performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time | Beethoven | 82%
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1820 | Discovery of __________ (Continent) | Antarctica | 79%
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1859 | On the Origin of _______ is published by Darwin | Species | 79%
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1842 | The Treaty of Nanking cedes ____ ____ to the British | Hong Kong | 77%
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1818 | Mary Shelley publishes ____________ | Frankenstein | 74%
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1804 | First steam __________ begins operation | Locomotive | 74%
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1853 | The _______ War begins between France, the UK, the Ottoman Empire and Russia | Crimean | 72%
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1863 | Abraham Lincoln issues the ____________ Proclamation | Emancipation | 70%
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1805 | The Battle of _________ eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas | Trafalgar | 70%
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1883 | ________ volcano explosion, one of the largest in modern history | Krakatoa | 62%
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1858 | The British ___ begins ruling the Indian subcontinent | Raj | 62%
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1831 | Charles Darwin begins his voyage on the HMS ______ | Beagle | 57%
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1877 | The first test _______ match is played, between England and Australia | Cricket | 57%
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1885 | Louis _______ creates the first successful vaccine, against rabies | Pasteur | 56%
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1869 | Dmitri _________ creates the periodic table | Mendeleev | 38%
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1847 | Ignaz __________ proposes hand washing as a way to stop the spread of diseases | Semmelweis | 15%
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