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History of Pennsylvania - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 7,118 times
- The average score is 14 of 20
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What two cities once had America's largest steel industries? | Pittsburgh | 93%
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| What religious group was he part of? | Quakers | 93%
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| Who founded the colony of Pennsylvania? | William Penn | 92%
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| What Pennsylvania company, founded in 1894, is one of the world's largest chocolate makers? | Hershey | 86%
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| What document was written in Philadelphia in 1787? | The U.S. Constitution | 85%
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| For what disease did Jonas Salk develop a vaccine while working at the University of Pittsburgh? | Polio | 81%
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| Where did George Washington harbor his troops in the winter of 1777-1778? | Valley {Forge} | 81%
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| What group of Swiss religious nonconformists moved to Pennsylvania in the 1700s (and still live there today)? | Amish | 80%
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| What river did George Washington cross to travel from Pennsylvania to New Jersey? | Delaware | 76%
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| What Philadelphia resident published "Poor Richard's Almanack"? | Ben Franklin | 75%
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| What steel tycoon became a philanthropist who founded 3,000 libraries? | Andrew Carnegie | 70%
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| What line, surveyed in the 1760s, separates Pennsylvania from Maryland? | Mason-Dixon Line | 69%
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| What sports movie, set in Philadelphia, won an Oscar for Best Picture in 1977? | Rocky | 69%
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| Anthracite mining has been an important part of Pennsylvania's economy. What is anthracite? | Coal | 68%
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| What nuclear plant had a meltdown in 1979? | {Three} {Mile} Island | 66%
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| What country established Fort Nya Gothenburg, the first European settlement in Pennsylvania? | Sweden | 60%
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| What was discovered in Titusville in 1859? | Oil | 53%
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| What basketball player scored 100 points in a single game while playing for the Philadelphia Warriors? | Wilt Chamberlain | 52%
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| What two cities once had America's largest steel industries? | Bethlehem | 32%
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| What city had a terrible flood in 1889 after a dam collapsed? | Johnstown | 32%
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