1760s Decade Quiz - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
Woman who became empress of Russia Catherine the Great
91%
Composer who toured Europe as a child prodigy under the tutelage of his father Leopold Wolfgang AmadeusMozart
89%
"Revolution" which started in Great Britain before spreading to the rest of the world {Industrial} Revolution
87%
British sea captain who became the first European to reach the east coast of Australia James Cook
85%
Ruler who began his nearly 60-year reign as king of Great Britain George III
81%
Empire that Russia fought a war against, bringing Crimea into its circle of influence Ottoman Empire
79%
Country ruled by Frederick the Great Prussia
77%
Line drawn by surveyors which separated Pennsylvania and Maryland {Mason}-Dixon Line
68%
Element discovered by Henry Cavendish, who called it "inflammable air" Hydrogen
67%
City founded on the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers St. Louis
60%
Remote region of modern-day Argentina explored by Commodore John Byron who reported that the people living there were not actually giants Patagonia
59%
Jewish banking family that got its start in Frankfurt Rothschild
58%
Country where the Zand dynasty was established with its capital at Shiraz Iran
55%
Dynasty that controlled China during this period Qing
55%
"World war" between France and Great Britain that ended with the Treaty of Paris Seven Years' War
52%
Hated law that imposed taxes on printed materials in the American colonies of Great Britain {Stamp} Act
45%
Astrological event in which Venus's atmosphere was first discovered {Transit} of Venus
15%
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