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History General Knowledge #6 - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 89,131 times
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- The average score is 12 of 20
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| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What became the 50th U.S. state in 1959? | Hawaii | 86%
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| What Japanese word, meaning "divine wind", was given to the suicide pilots in WWII? | Kamikaze | 85%
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| Who is said to have committed suicide by letting an asp bite her? | Cleopatra | 83%
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| Who was the wife of Louis XVI of France? | Marie Antoinette | 83%
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| What drug did Sigmund Freud recommend as a pain reliever, stimulant, and nasal decongestant? | Cocaine | 71%
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| What city marked the easternmost point of Napoleon's conquests? | Moscow | 71%
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| What modern-day country is the origin of Chaturanga, the ancestor of the board game chess? | India | 68%
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| What type of money was first used in the 11th century in China? | {Paper} money | 67%
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| What notable person was born near the Nepal/India border around 500 B.C.? | Buddha | 65%
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| What caused the population of Johannesburg, Melbourne, and San Francisco to explode at different times in the 19th century? | Gold rushes | 58%
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| On what famous statue is it written "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses"? | The Statue of Liberty | 58%
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| Muhammad was born in Mecca. Where did he die? | Medina | 57%
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| What Russian princess, murdered in 1918, did many imposters claim to be? | Anastasia | 54%
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| Whose advisors included Sir Thomas More, Cardinal Wolsey, and Thomas Cromwell? | King Henry VIII | 50%
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| What was the last name of power couple Eva and Juan? | Perón | 48%
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| In what city did Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier have a "thrilling" fight? | Manila | 45%
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| On what ship did English sailors mutiny against Captain Bligh? | HMS {Bounty} | 44%
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| What "stick-thin" model became a symbol of Swingin' Sixties London? | Twiggy | 43%
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| What ancient Mediterranean language was the first to develop a sound-based alphabet? | Phoenician | 37%
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| What term was given to a person who was forced to row the oars of a ship? | {Galley} slave | 23%
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