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1740s Decade Quiz

Do you have what it takes to guess these facts about the 1740s?
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Future U.S. state which was explored by Vitus Bering
Alaska
"Great" ruler who started his 46 year reign as King of Prussia
Frederick the Great
Empress who started her 40 year reign as ruler of Austria
Maria Theresa
Classical composer who wrote "The Messiah"
George Frideric Handel
Complete the lyrics from the 1740 poem and song: "Rule, Britannia! rule the _____"
Waves
Modern-day country where Wahhabism was given official protection by the monarch
Saudi Arabia
University established in New Jersey (today a member of the Ivy League)
Princeton
Swedish astronomer who proposed a new temperature scale which today bears his name
Anders Celsius
Sport whose rules were first compiled in Leith, Scotland
Golf
Garment which was banned in the Scottish highlands in order to suppress the clans
Kilt
Pretender to the British throne who landed in Scotland in 1745 as part of the Jacobite Uprising
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Roman city buried by volcanic ash in 79 AD which was rediscovered in 1748
Pompeii
Auction house founded in London in 1744
Sotheby's
City in Nova Scotia founded by Great Britain
Halifax
Country whose powerful leader, Nader Shah, was assassinated
Iran
War which ravaged Central Europe from 1740–1748 after the death of Charles VI
War of Austrian Succession
War which was fought between Spain and Great Britain
War of Jenkins' Ear
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22 Comments
Neodymium
+6
Level 63
Sep 10, 2024
The Roaring 40s! Remember them like it was yesterday!
overtired
+3
Level 88
Sep 10, 2024
Ugh, was spelling it Sotherby's
JenkinsEar
+9
Level 90
Sep 10, 2024
Finally, a quiz just for me!
mez
+3
Level 72
Sep 10, 2024
I think there needs to be a second "Britannia" after the first one. :)
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Sep 10, 2024
Not in the OG poem.
Qikiq
+1
Level 89
Sep 10, 2024
The story behind the last question is well worth a read!
plattitude
+1
Level 94
Nov 5, 2024
I saw the given answer, and immediately thought of the last word, but I can't remember ever having heard of this before. Down the rabbit hole!
phalocrocorax
+2
Level 84
Sep 13, 2024
It's just called "Messiah" (no "the").
stylus
+2
Level 79
Oct 15, 2024
interestingly, Celsius' original proposal was for a scale which is the same as the one we use today, except that it was in reverse - so 100 degrees for freezing, 0 degrees for boiling, and higher number means colder. Later, when the system we use today was proposed, the name "Centigrade" was originally proposed, but that was already taken for the angle 1/100 of a right angle (which in turn was a result of the move towards decimalisation post-French Revolution, where a right angle was briefly 100 gradians). So they weren't allowed to call it Centigrade and so named it after Celsius even though his one was the other way round
grantdon
+1
Level 74
Apr 8, 2025
At least here, people use Centigrade and Celsius interchangeably. The reference to gradians is interesting, but I don't think there is much chance of anyone misinterpreting the use of centigrade for anything other than temperature
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 95
Jun 27, 2025
He was referring to the 1740’s though….
poororo
+1
Level 74
Nov 8, 2024
accept college of new jersey for princeton
Loquacious
+2
Level 68
Jan 14, 2025
Please accept Charles for Bonnie Prince Charlie!
Remster
+2
Level 81
Apr 6, 2025
Also "Chuck", "Chaz" and "Chip".
Pommes104
+8
Level 76
Feb 5, 2025
Please accept "Friedrich" for the Prussian King; this was his correct German name, and no German knows that he is called "Frederick" in English!
sulfuratus
+5
Level 71
Mar 19, 2025
Might want to add Friedrich and Maria Theresia as type-ins in line with the options for other monarchs' translated names.
raneman11
+2
Level 68
Apr 6, 2025
Slow decade. Probably why people got up to shenanigans like the war of jenkins ear, they were bored
Nyackjohn
+2
Level 80
Apr 7, 2025
Great quiz. I remembered that the "War of Jenkins ____" was a body part, but for the life of me could not remember WHICH part it was so just kept typing body parts as the clock wound down. Unfortunately, I began with the toe and foot and worked my way up; had I done the opposite I certainly would have gotten it before the clock ran down as opposed to how it actually turned out!
Huzf01
+1
Level 30
Apr 7, 2025
I remembered the last one is a body part so I guessed every body part, but of course I forgot ear
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 95
Jun 27, 2025
I made this quiz earlier. Just saying…
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Nov 8, 2025
Indeed you did !
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Nov 8, 2025
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