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1750s Decade Quiz - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 19,832 times
- The average score is 10 of 17
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Comet that appeared as predicted in 1758, seventy-six years after its previous visit | {Halley}'s Comet | 84%
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| Scientific name for the human species coined by Carl Linnaeus | Homo sapiens | 83%
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| Brand of beer brewed for the first time in Dublin | Guinness | 82%
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| Company that began its 101 year rule over most of India | British {East} {India} Company | 81%
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| Modern calendar which replaced the Julian calendar in Great Britain, skippingthe date forward 11 days | {Gregorian} Calendar | 77%
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| American who reportedly performed experiments involving a kite and electricity | Benjamin Franklin | 76%
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| Composer who died in Leipzig, leaving his "The Art of Fugue" unfinished | J. S. Bach | 74%
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| European capital that was almost completely destroyed by an 8.5 earthquake, tsunami, and fire | Lisbon | 59%
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| Type of book published by Samuel Johnson in England | Dictionary | 56%
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| Future leader who married Martha Dandridge Custis | George Washington | 53%
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| Author of "Candide" | Voltaire | 51%
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| Group of French settlers who were expelled from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick(many of them later settling in Louisiana) | Acadians | 48%
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| City where Casanova escaped from prison after being arrested for affronts to religion and common decency | Venice | 41%
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| Type of book published by Denis Diderot and others in France | Encyclopedia | 39%
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| City founded at the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers | Pittsburgh | 39%
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| What Thomas Chippendale was famous for designing | Furniture | 37%
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| Dungeon where the Nawab of Bengal threw 64 British prisoners,most of whom died of suffocation | The Black Holeof {Calcutta} | 35%
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