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1820s Decade Quiz

Do you have what it takes to guess these facts about the 1820s?
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Composer whose ninth and final symphony premiered in Vienna
Ludwig van Beethoven
Revolutionary that helped Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia achieve independence
Simón Bolívar
Canal which connected the Hudson River to the Great Lakes
Erie Canal
The "Stockton and Darlington", opened in 1825, was the first of its kind and was one of the most momentous innovations of the 19th century. What was it?
Railway
Country, originally called New Holland, which gained its current name
Australia
President who was re-elected in the U.S. with virtually no opposition
James Monroe
Libertine English poet who died of fever fighting for Greek independence
Lord Byron
Huge land mass that was finally discovered in 1820
Antarctica
City which London overtook to become the most populous in the world
Beijing
What Jean-François Champollion used to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
The Rosetta Stone
Former ruler who died of stomach cancer on the island of St. Helena
Napoleon Bonaparte
Agreement that added two new states to the U.S. and prohibited the expansion of slavery north of the 36°30′ parallel
Missouri Compromise
Type of people who were allowed to serve in British Parliament for the first time in 157 years
Catholics
African country established as a colony for freed American slaves
Liberia
Empire which abolished the Janissaries, its elite corp of royal troops
Ottoman Empire
Writer who published his comprehensive dictionary of American English
Noah Webster
Country that conjoined twins Chang and Eng came from
Siam
Armless Greek sculpture discovered on the island of Melos
Venus de Milo
"Ode to a Nightingale" poet who died of tuberculosis at the tender age of 25
John Keats
The most common metal in the Earth's crust, it was extracted from ore for the first time and, at the time, was worth more than gold
Aluminum
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26 Comments
cornflakesfu
+14
Level 89
Jan 6, 2020
Rough decade to be a poet.
nobodyinparticular
+5
Level 85
Jan 7, 2020
You should accept Peking for Beijing given that this is an 1820s quiz.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Feb 2, 2022
Peking would have worked.
prs17
+3
Level 73
Jan 8, 2020
Train for railway?
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 72
Nov 5, 2020
Yes, please!
idontkn1
+1
Level 94
Nov 5, 2020
I would concur. I tried rail service, train, locomotive, rail line etc. before stumbling on the accepted answer.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 2, 2022
Train will work now.
Nerd0921
+1
Level 74
Nov 5, 2020
Would you like to add "irish" as a type in for "catholics" who were banned in British parliament for 157 years? Because the Irish were mostly the ones banned from British parliament for being catholics, weren't they?
idontkn1
+11
Level 94
Nov 5, 2020
There were still plenty of non Irish Catholics in Britain. Especially in the North. The Jacobites (Rebellious Scots who tried to bring back a Catholic king) were almost exclusively Catholic.
Froststar101
+8
Level 73
Nov 5, 2020
Irish Protestants served in Parliament prior to Daniel O'Connell getting elected in 1828.
sjj93gg
+2
Level 55
Feb 5, 2025
Ah yes, that well-known fact that only Ireland has ever had Catholics!
PeregrineFalcon
+2
Level 79
Nov 5, 2020
Schubert's final symphony, nowadays called his ninth, was also written in the 1820's in Vienna. But it was probably not played before 1838. That's a narrow escape!
GrammarBeane1
+2
Level 83
Nov 5, 2020
Dang, *Venus* de Milo! I could picture it and typed in Aphrodite because that was the Greek name for Venus *facepalm*
PoetsCorner
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Level 87
Oct 30, 2021
I know Wikipedia refers to him as "English" but Lord Byron was a Scot. He was born of a Scots mother and grew up in Aberdeen. And, as his poem "Lachin y Gair" demonstrates, he claimed Scotland as home.
FadKrashmor
+3
Level 70
Sep 24, 2023
Seems to me that if he was born in London to a Scottish mother, spent some early years in Scotland yet grew to adulthood in London, then "British" would describe him very well.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 82
Feb 6, 2025
He did however personally describe himself as fully Scottish.
henriluvsu
+1
Level 43
Dec 3, 2022
The statue one is a bit too vague for me. I thought it meant the Winged Victory of Samothrace.
dunkinggandalf2
+3
Level 72
Oct 19, 2023
That one was famously discovered on the island of... Samothraki.
MaxTheAxe
+1
Level 75
Dec 6, 2022
I really must learn how to spell 'Beethoven'
Koopa
+3
Level 88
Jul 8, 2023
I guess I need to brush up on my poets--but I won't.
CatPotato715
+1
Level 69
Nov 1, 2024
last question, metal is misspelled as "meta"
AnnikaKim
+1
Level 66
Nov 27, 2024
Yes, "the most common meta" completely threw me off. Fiz this, please?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Nov 27, 2024
Okay fixed.
sjj93gg
+1
Level 55
Feb 5, 2025
Isn't the accepted international spelling of atomic element number 13 aluminium (as agreed by IUPAC, the international body that determines these things; the same way that it's sulfur and not sulphur)?
partdavid
+1
Level 74
Feb 6, 2025
Not that authorities are everything, but IUPAC also accepts aluminum as an acceptable variant.
GlassMonkeyOLD
+1
Level 69
Feb 5, 2025
Fun, fun, fun.
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