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History Multiple Choice #5 - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 32,380 times
- The average score is 10 of 15
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| Why did Great Britain establish colonies in Australia? | As a place to send prisoners | 95%
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| What style of facial hair did Joseph Stalin wear? | Mustache | 93%
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| Who hosted the Olympics in 1940? | No one | 78%
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| Why did England's King Edward VIII abdicate in 1936? | To marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson | 75%
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| What country accepted responsibility for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland? | Libya | 69%
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| New York City has famously held ticker tape parades for such luminaries as Dwight Eisenhower and the Apollo 11 astronauts. What is ticker tape? | Thin strips of paper on which stock prices are printed | 67%
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| Which of these is the correct spelling of the first (and only) female Prime Minister of Israel? | Golda Meir | 64%
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| What did Wernher von Braun design? | Rockets | 60%
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| In the Bible, Goliath measured 6 cubits and a span. How big is a cubit? | The distance from the elbow to the tip of the fingers (about 18") | 60%
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| The Crystal Palace was built for the first World's Fair in London in 1851. Does it still stand today? | No | 55%
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| Lord Nelson famously led the English navy to victory at Cape Trafalgar. Where is Cape Trafalgar? | Spain | 55%
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| What was a Potemkin village? | A fake village built to impress Catherine the Great | 51%
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| What does détente refer to? | A "thawing" of relations, especially between the U.S. and the Soviet Union | 49%
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| What term refers to a branch of a royal family founded by younger sons? | Cadet branch | 49%
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| How did Cato the Elder end his speeches in the Roman Senate? | Carthage must be destroyed | 40%
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