Rivers in History - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
Annual floods of this river ceased with the completion of the Aswan Dam in the 1960s Nile
92%
River which Tom Sawyer floated down in the stories of Mark Twain Mississippi
91%
Known as both the cradle of Chinese civilization and as "China's Sorrow" due to its many floods Yellow
91%
Rivers which flowed through the ancient region of Mesopotamia Tigris
90%
Rivers which flowed through the ancient region of Mesopotamia Euphrates
89%
Notre Dame cathedral is built on an island in this river Seine
83%
Rivers which traditionally formed the European border of the Roman Empire Danube
82%
Rivers which traditionally formed the European border of the Roman Empire Rhine
81%
The battle of Stalingrad was fought near this river Volga
78%
River in which Jesus was baptized Jordan
76%
The dolphins of this Asian river were seen for the last time in 2002 Yangtze
73%
Henry Morton Stanley was the first European to explore the basin of this major river Congo
69%
Site of the earliest civilization on the Indian subcontinent Indus
66%
Caesar defied the Senate by crossing this river at the Italian border Rubicon
63%
Under Japanese captivity, British POWs built a bridge near this river Khwae Noi
54%
George Washington crossed this river to launch a surprise attack on Trenton in 1776 Delaware
50%
River in D.R. Congo after which a scary haemorrhagic fever is named Ebola
47%
About 1 million men were wounded or killed during the battle of this French river in 1916 Somme
46%
Lewis and Clark reached the end point of their journey where this river meets the Pacific Ocean Columbia
32%
Where Rasputin's body was thrown Neva
20%
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