| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Crop that failed in Ireland, triggering the Great Famine | Potato | 98%
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| Authors of "Manifesto of the Communist Party" | Karl Marx | 93%
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| Independent republic that joined the U.S. as its 28th state | Texas | 88%
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| What was discovered near Sutter's Mill in California | Gold | 86%
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| Country the United States fought a war against, taking more than half its territory | Mexico | 80%
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| Country which the UK annexed after signing the Treaty of Waitangi with Māori chiefs | New Zealand | 78%
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| Author who wrote about a repetitive raven that said "nevermore" | Edgar Allan Poe | 74%
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| African country which was absorbed into the French state in 1848 | Algeria | 73%
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| City founded by Brigham Young in 1847 | Salt Lake City | 68%
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| What Samuel Morse invented | Telegraph | 68%
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| Substance that Charles Goodyear learned how to "vulcanize" | Rubber | 66%
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| Who Queen Victoria married (they were first cousins) | Albert | 59%
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| Author who wrote "Jane Eyre" | Charlotte Brontë | 57%
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| Author of "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo" | Alexandre Dumas | 54%
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| Authors of "Manifesto of the Communist Party" | Friedrich Engels | 54%
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| Party of pioneers who resorted to cannibalism when stuck in the Sierra Nevada mountains | {Donner} Party | 39%
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| "Empire" ruled by Dom Pedro II | Empire of Brazil | 37%
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| The first message that was sent using that new device | What Hath God {Wrought}? | 33%
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| Ruler who began his 67 year reign as Emperor of Austria | Franz Joseph | 29%
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| Nickname of the year 1848 | Year of {Revolution} | 26%
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