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1690s Decade Quiz - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 2,006 times
- The average score is 12 of 17
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Country which conquered Outer Mongolia | China | 98%
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| City in Massachusetts where 19 people were executed for witchcraft | Salem | 97%
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| Island group near Argentina which people set foot on for the first time in recorded history | {Falkland} Islands | 92%
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| Nickname of Louis XIV, king of France during this decade | The {Sun} King | 88%
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| Male grooming choice which Peter the Great taxed in order to make Russia more European | Beards | 81%
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| Island off the coast of Tanzania which was captured by the Sultanate of Oman | Zanzibar | 80%
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| Sect formed in Switzerland by followers of Jakob Ammann which still uses 17th century technology today | Amish | 75%
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| Island where an earthquake killed 60,000 – destroying the city of Catania | Sicily | 75%
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| Central bank which was founded in order to finance naval construction | Bank of {England} | 74%
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| Bengal-speaking city whose written history began with the arrival of the East India Company | Kolkata | 74%
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| Building feature which England starting taxing (and would continue taxing until 1851) | Windows | 70%
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| 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 | 63%
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| London bank founded in 1690 which would sponsor the English Premier League 311 years later | Barclays | 51%
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| Religious crime for which Thomas Aikenhead was executed, the last time this would happen in British history | Blasphemy | 49%
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| Second oldest university in the United States which was founded and named after the reigning monarchs in England | William & Mary | 49%
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| Musical work likely written in this decade which remained in obscurity until 1968 but is now commonly played at weddings | Pachelbel's {Canon} | 46%
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| Type of story which Charles Perrault compiled in "Histoires ou contes du temps passé" | {Fairy} {tale} | 39%
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