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1720s Decade Quiz - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 12,468 times
- The average score is 10 of 16
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Physical constant that English astronomer James Bradley calculated to within 1% of its true value | Speed of {light} | 90%
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| Novel written by Jonathan Swift | {Gulliver}'s Travels | 87%
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| With a population of roughly 1.3 million, this city (then known as Edo) was the largest in the world | Tokyo | 84%
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| Disease which killed more than half of the population of Marseille – marking its final major outbreak on the European continent | Bubonic plague | 83%
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| Italian composer who introduced "The Four Seasons" | Antonio Vivaldi | 82%
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| Mountainous region conquered by China in 1720 | Tibet | 81%
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| "Great" tsar of Russia who died in 1725 | Peter the Great | 80%
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| German composer who introduced the "Brandenburg Concertos" | J. S. Bach | 76%
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| Pacific island discovered by Europeans in 1722 and named for the day of its discovery | Easter Island | 70%
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| City in Greenland founded by a Danish missionary | Nuuk | 59%
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| Royal dynasty founded in central Arabia in 1720 | House of {Saud} | 46%
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| War between Sweden and Russia which came to an end after 21 years | Great {Northern} War | 39%
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| Cognac company established in 1724 | Rémy {Martin} | 36%
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| The first de-facto Prime Minister of Great Britain, he took office in 1721 | Sir Robert Walpole | 26%
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| Mathematician who moved to St. Petersburg where he would author many of his 800 publications | Leonhard Euler | 22%
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| Speculative bubble which collapsed in 1720, costing Isaac Newton most of his fortune | {South} {Sea} Bubble | 19%
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