Timeline of the 19th Century - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who was the first president of the United States who was assassinated?	Abraham Lincoln	90%
Who published his first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet" in 1887?	Arthur Conan Doyle	90%
Which writer highlighted the horrors of 19th century Child labor in his novel "Oliver Twist"?	Charles Dickens	90%
What was the name of the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the USA from 1804 to 1806?	Lewis & Clark Expedition	90%
Which author published "Frankenstein" in 1815?	Mary Shelley	90%
What crop failed in the 1840s, causing the Great Irish Famine?	potatoes	90%
Napoleon's invasion of what country turned out to be his downfall?	Russia	90%
Which famous canal was opened up in 1869?	Suez canal	90%
In what state did the Battle of Alamo take place in 1836?	Texas	90%
Who invented the light bulb in 1883?	Thomas Edison	90%
"Starry Night" is probably the most famous painting of which artist?	Vincent van Gogh	90%
The Springtime of the Peoples were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe in what year?	1848	80%
The first modern Olympic Games were held in which decade?	1890s	80%
Gettysburg is the most notorious and bloody battles in what war?	American Civil War	80%
In 1803 the Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory by the United States from which country?	France	80%
Who was the U.S. commander that lost the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876?	George Armstrong Custer	80%
Which King of Bavaria built the famous Neuschwanstein Castle in 1886?	King Ludwig II	80%
Who published "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" in 1865?	Lewis Carroll	80%
What African country was founded by freed American slaves in 1821?	Liberia	80%
Which composer performed his "Moonlight Sonata" for the first time in 1801?	Ludwig van Beethoven	80%
Widely held to be the first in the world, which national park was established in the United States in 1872?	Yellowstone	80%
When Mount Tambora erupted in 1815 it became the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, killing at least 71,000 people. In which country that happened?	Indonesia	70%
In 1813, which author published "Pride and Prejudice"?	Jane Austen	70%
Who is considered the Father of Communism?	Karl Marx	70%
In 1869, who published "War and Peace"?	Leo Tolstoy	70%
In 1804, in the Battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon defeated Russian and what other army?	Austrian	60%
Which teams played the first recognised international soccer match in 1872?	England vs Scotland	60%
The opera "Carmen" was premiered in Paris in 1875. Who is its composer?	George Bizet	60%
In what town did the gunfight at the O.K. corral take place in 1881?	Tombstone	60%
What 19th century leader, nicknamed "The Liberator", campaigned for Catholic rights and Irish independence?	Daniel O'Connell	40%
Cro-Magnons were the first early modern humans to settle in Europe. Where were their remains found in 1868?	France	40%

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