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1670s Decade Quiz - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 2,119 times
- The average score is 10 of 15
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Product which Dom Pérignon worked to improve | Wine | 89%
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| The oldest corporation in North America, founded in 1670 (and liquidated in 2025) | {Hudson}'s Bay Company | 82%
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| 1679 act of Parliament which protected English people from arbitrary imprisonment | Habeas {Corpus} Act | 78%
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| Borough of London where the Royal Observatory was established | Greenwich | 77%
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| Branch of mathematics which was independently discovered by Newton and Leibniz | Calculus | 76%
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| City established on the coast of South Carolina and named for the English king | Charleston | 75%
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| Country which experienced the Rampjaar, or "disaster year", in 1672 as it faced simultaneous wars against France and England | Netherlands | 74%
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| Violin maker from Cremona whose instruments from this period are worth millions today | Antonio Stradivari | 72%
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| Animal whose valuable pelts French traders sought to obtain in the U.S. and Canada | Beaver | 72%
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| Most populous city in Europe during this time period | Constantinople | 60%
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| Term for a person such as Henry Morgan, who raided Spanish vessels with official royal permission | Privateer | 58%
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| Scientific theory promulgated by Christiaan Huygens | Light is a {wave} | 56%
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| What Antonie van Leeuwenhoek became the first person to observe | Microbes | 42%
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| Book written by John Bunyan | The Pilgrim's {Progress} | 42%
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| French playwright who died after collapsing on stage while wearing green – creating the superstition that green is unlucky for actors | Molière | 26%
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