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History General Knowledge #13 - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 48,928 times
- The average score is 12 of 20
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| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What was the first animal to be domesticated by humans, at least 15,000 years ago? | Dogs | 94%
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| What paper-like writing material was used by the ancient Egyptians? | Papyrus | 87%
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| Who went on 18 different hunger strikes in his life, the first in 1913 and the last in 1948? | Mohandas Gandhi | 83%
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| What city was conquered by the Ottomans in 1453? | Constantinople | 80%
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| Which European country colonized the country today known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo? | Belgium | 78%
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| What was abolished by the 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1865? | Slavery | 77%
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| Who was punished by Pope Urban VIII for insisting that the Earth revolves around the sun? | Galileo Galilei | 76%
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| What division of the Soviet government did Vladimir Putin join in 1975? | KGB | 61%
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| What plant was first introduced to Italy in the 1500s where it was given the name "pomo d'oro", meaning "golden apple"? | Tomato | 61%
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| Who did Nikita Khrushchev denounce in his "Secret Speech" of 1956? | Joseph Stalin | 60%
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| What field of study traces its roots back to Hippocrates and Galen? | Medicine | 60%
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| What series of conflicts pitted the House of Lancaster against the House of York? | Wars of the Roses | 60%
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| What city is built over the place where Lake Texcoco once stood? | Mexico City | 52%
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| What imperial dynasty gave its name to the ethnic group which makes up more than 90% of the population of China? | Han | 50%
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| What was the capital of the former kingdom of Bohemia? | Prague | 50%
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| What country did the famous conjoined twins Cheng and Eng come from? | Thailand (Siam) | 50%
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| What body of water was named by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521? | Pacific Ocean | 46%
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| What invention marked the end of prehistory and the beginning of history? | Writing | 46%
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| What Communist group ruled Cambodia in the late 1970s – killing about 25% of the population? | Khmer Rouge | 43%
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| What was used as currency in the Maldives until the 20th century? | Cowrie shells | 29%
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