History of Virginia - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Fill the blank in this Patrick Henry quote: Give me liberty, or give me ____!	Death	96%
Who founded the University of Virginia in 1819?	Thomas Jefferson	90%
What state seceded from Virginia in 1862?	West Virginia	90%
What was, historically, Virginia's most important cash crop?	Tobacco	87%
What Native American woman saved John Smith from execution? (according to legend)	Pocahontas	86%
What city was capital of the Confederate States of America?	Richmond	84%
Who is Virginia named for?	Queen Elizabeth	83%
Who led the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War?	Robert E. Lee	79%
What was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas?	Jamestown	77%
Who wrote the United States Bill of Rights?	James Madison	69%
What military cemetery was built in 1864 on the former estate of that general?	Arlington National Cemetery	68%
What English colony was established in 1585 but vanished shortly thereafter?	Roanoke	64%
What nickname did Confederate general Thomas Jackson acquire at the First Battle of Bull Run?	Stonewall	64%
What is the name of George Washington's estate?	Mount Vernon	62%
Where did that General surrender in 1865?	{Appomattox} Courthouse	58%
What college, founded in 1693, is the second oldest in the United States?	William & Mary	54%
What President led the U.S. during the "Era of Good Feelings"?	James Monroe	46%
Who established that colony?	Sir Walter Raleigh	44%
Where did Cornwallis surrender to Washington in 1781?	Yorktown	44%
Who led a slave rebellion in Southampton County in 1831?	Nat Turner	28%

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