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1700s Decade Quiz - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 13,566 times
- The average score is 11 of 16
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| City founded by Peter the Great | St. Petersburg | 88%
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| City which became the capital of Prussia | Berlin | 83%
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| Territory in southern Spain which England captured in 1704 | Gibraltar | 79%
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| Future Ivy League university founded in New Haven, Connecticut | Yale | 79%
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| The most recent eruption of this Japanese volcano | Mount Fuji | 78%
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| Astronomer who predicted that a certain comet would pass near the Earth every 76 years | Edmond Halley | 77%
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| French prison where the "Man in the Iron Mask" died after 34 years of imprisonment | Bastille | 74%
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| Fragrance first mixed in a German city in 1709, now a generic term for a men's perfume | Eau de {Cologne} | 72%
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| Two countries which were joined in 1707 by the Acts of Union | England | 72%
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| Two countries which were joined in 1707 by the Acts of Union | Scotland | 72%
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| Musical instrument invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori, an evolution of the harpsichord | Piano | 66%
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| City founded by the French near the Great Lakes | Detroit | 56%
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| Empire based in northern India which had the highest population of any sovereign nation, around 158 million | {Mughal} Empire | 52%
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| Continent-wide war between the houses of Habsburg and Bourbon which resulted in perhaps one million military deaths | War of {Spanish} Succession | 51%
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| Scientist who published "Opticks", a study of light, and also hypothesized (by examining the Bible) that the world would end in 2060 AD | Isaac Newton | 43%
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| Invention of Jethro Tull which greatly improved planting methods | {Seed} drill | 27%
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