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Timeline of the 17th Century - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 52 times
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| What period of fine art, well known for its grandiosity and exaggeration, started in Italy around 1600? | Baroque | 100%
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| What town became the first permanent English settlement in the Americas in 1607? | Jamestown | 100%
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| Miguel de Cervantes is best known for his novel "Don Quixote" completed in 1615. In what Spanish region is the story taking place? | La Mancha | 100%
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| In which U.S state .was Harvard University founded in 1636? | Massachusetts | 100%
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| What was the name of the ship of Pilgrims that landed in Massachusetts in 1620? | Mayflower | 100%
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| What was the stage name of the comedic French playwright, whose works included "The Misanthrope" and "Tartuffe?" | Moliere | 100%
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| Who was the "Lord Protector of the Commonwealth" of England? | Oliver Cromwell | 100%
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| What Native American tribe was Pocahontas from? | Powhatan | 100%
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| "Cogito, ergo sum" is a statement that was made in Latin by which philosopher? | Rene Descartes | 100%
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| What war was the result of the Reformation? | Thirty Years' War | 100%
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| In 1643, who led the first known European expedition to reach New Zealand and to sight the Fiji islands? | Abel Tasman | 75%
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| Which Italian violin maker opened a shop at Piazza Roma, prominent craftsmen square in Cremona? | Antonio Stradivari | 75%
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| Which scientist discovered the moons of Jupiter in 1610? | Gallileo Gallilei | 75%
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| Which philosopher was burned at the stake for believing that the universe is infinite and that other solar systems exist? | Giordano Bruno | 75%
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| Which English explorer tried to find the Northwest Passage in 1607? | Henry Hudson | 75%
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| Which physicist brought the theories of gravity and the basic laws of motion? | Isaac Newton | 75%
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| Which artist painted Nicolaes Tulp (1632), Belshazzar's Feast (1635) and The Night Watch (1642)? | Rembrandt | 75%
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| The first Africans arrived in what British colony in America in 1619? | Virginia | 75%
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| For what crime 20 people were executed in Massachusetts in 1692-93? | Witchcraft | 75%
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| Who did the English colonists of New England fight in King Philip's war between 1675 and 1678? | Native American tribes | 50%
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| Which Caribbean port city was largely destroyed by a cataclysmic earthquake in 1692, leaving pirates to find another refuge and base of operations? | Port Royal | 50%
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| What was the name of early English settler of North America who was married to Pocahontas? | John Rolfe | 25%
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