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1710s Decade Quiz - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 12,959 times
- The average score is 11 of 16
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| French king who died after 72 years on the throne, the longest reign of any monarch in history | {Louis} {XIV} | 96%
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| City founded by the French near the mouth of the Mississippi River | New Orleans | 90%
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| Metal which Daniel Fahrenheit used to make the first practical thermometers | Mercury | 86%
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| Infamous pirate, born Edward Teach, who was killed off the coast of North Carolina | Blackbeard | 85%
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| Tiny principality founded on the border of Austria and Switzerland | Liechtenstein | 85%
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| Religious group which eschewed technology and started to migrate from Germany to Pennsylvania | Amish | 79%
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| King whose coronation in 1714 marked the beginning of the Hanoverian dynasty in Britain | George I | 73%
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| Type of engine used for the first time to pump water out of mines | {Steam} engine | 72%
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| Type of object that Antonio Stradivari made in 1714 which sold for a record $15.34 million in 2022 | Violin | 72%
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| Crime for which Mary Hicks was executed – marking the last time in English history it would happen | Witchcraft | 71%
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| Novel by Daniel Defoe about a man stranded on a desert island | Robinson Crusoe | 67%
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| Cathedral completed in 1710 which was the tallest building in London until 1963 | St Paul's Cathedral | 58%
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| City where the Alamo Mission was constructed by Spanish colonists | San Antonio | 57%
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| French royal house who retained control of the throne of Spain at the conclusion of the War of Spanish Succession | House of {Bourbon} | 51%
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| City which was China's main trading port during this time period | Guangzhou | 41%
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| Personification of England who was depicted for the first time | John {Bull} | 26%
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