The Ultimate 1660s London Quiz - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who was the King of England in the 1660s?	Charles II	100%
What street in London did the fire start?	Pudding Lane	83%
What type of plague was named 'Great Plague of London' for killing almost a quarter of London's population in 18 months?	bubonic Plague	75%
What animal transmitted this plague from human to human?	flea or louse	75%
What month of 1666 did the 'Great Fire of London' begin?	September	75%
What London cathedral was burnt to to a ruin on 4 September 1666?	St. Paul's Cathedral	75%
What building was the fire started in?	bakery	67%
What day of the week did the fire start?	Sunday	67%
What day of the week did the fire 'end'?	Wednesday	58%
How many people lived in the City of London at the time of the plague (estimated by John Gaunt)?	≤460,000	50%
What method was first used in this decade in England, to control the spread of disease? (used in covid pandemic)	quarantine	50%
What was drawn on the door of a household with the plague?	red cross	33%
What was rumoured to be a drug that prevents people from dying from the plague?	tobacco	25%
How much of London's houses were destroyed from the fire?	15 percent (approx.)	8%
Who did the monarch put in charge of the fire-fighting?	his brother (James, Duke of York)	8%
Who supervised the rebuilding of London?	Robert Hooke	8%
Who was the mayor of London, who failed to stop the fire in its early stages?	Sir Thomas Bloodworth	8%
Who was the owner of the building?	Thomas Farriner	8%

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