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1690s Decade Quiz

Do you have what it takes to guess these facts about the 1690s?
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Country which conquered Outer Mongolia
China
City in Massachusetts where 19 people were executed for witchcraft
Salem
Central bank which was founded in order to finance naval construction
Bank of England
Nickname of Louis XIV, king of France during this decade
The Sun King
Bengal-speaking city whose written history began with the arrival of the
East India Company
Kolkata
Type of story which Charles Perrault compiled in "Histoires ou contes du temps passé"
Fairy tale
Second oldest university in the United States which was founded and named after
the reigning monarchs in England
William & Mary
Male grooming choice which Peter the Great taxed in order to make
Russia more European
Beards
Building feature which England starting taxing (and would continue taxing until 1851)
Windows
Sect formed in Switzerland by followers of Jakob Ammann which still uses
17th century technology today
Amish
Island where an earthquake killed 60,000 – destroying the city of Catania
Sicily
Scientist who, as head of the Royal Mint, led an effort to recall all existing Sterling coinage
and replace it with newly-minted coins
Isaac Newton
Island group near Argentina which people set foot on for the first time in recorded history
Falkland Islands
Religious crime for which Thomas Aikenhead was executed, the last time this
would happen in British history
Blasphemy
Island off the coast of Tanzania which was captured by the Sultanate of Oman
Zanzibar
Musical work likely written in this decade which remained in obscurity until 1968 but
is now commonly played at weddings
Pachelbel's
Canon
London bank founded in 1690 which would sponsor the
English Premier League 311 years later
Barclays
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8 Comments
Koopa
+3
Level 88
Jan 4, 2026
Love the thumbnail
Constantinos
+2
Level 75
Jan 4, 2026
Zanzibar is the name of the archipelago, not of the island. Unguja is the correct answer.
weldin
+1
Level 48
Jan 4, 2026
The response rate would be 1% if "Unguja" was used
Qikiq
+2
Level 89
Jan 5, 2026
Helps if you don't read the question as "island off the coast of Tasmania". Of course, I also thought I was going to take a quiz on the 1960's.
WanderingWalrus
+1
Level 82
Jan 5, 2026
I'm not sure that it's appropriate to refer to the Amish as a "sect". They may strictly speaking fit within the dictionary definition of the word, but it does have derogatory overtones, which personally I think is unfair to a group of sincere, hard working and clean living people who don't do anyone any harm.

I suggest amending the question to "religious group"

CardinalSin
+2
Level 82
Jan 7, 2026
What derogatory overtones?
CardinalSin
+1
Level 82
Jan 7, 2026
For question three, it would be helpful to state the country.
EconomicSnake
+1
Level 73
Jan 10, 2026
Shouldn't "mennonite" not be accepted? It seems like they had been around for at least several decades.
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