| Year | Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1804 | World population reaches one _______ | Billion | 100%
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| 1804 | ________ crowns himself Emperor of the French | Napoleon | 99%
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| 1801 | The Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland merge to form the ______ _______ | United Kingdom | 99%
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| 1867 | The US purchases ______ from Russia | Alaska | 97%
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| 1861 | The American ______ War begins between the Union and seceding Confederacy | Civil | 97%
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| 1889 | The ______ Tower is inaugurated in Paris | Eiffel | 96%
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| 1886 | Construction of the Statue of _______ | Liberty | 96%
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| 1833 | The Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the _______ Empire | British | 95%
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| 1806 | Holy _____ Empire dissolves as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg | Roman | 95%
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| 1869 | The ____ Canal opens, linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea | Suez | 95%
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| 1848 | The _________ Manifesto published by Karl Marx | Communist | 93%
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| 1879 | Thomas Edison tests his first _____ bulb | Light | 93%
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| 1888 | Jack the ______ murders occur in Whitechapel, London | Ripper | 90%
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| 1815 | Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of ________ | Waterloo | 90%
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| 1858 | Construction of Big ___ is completed | Ben | 88%
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| 1872 | The first international ________ match is played, between Scotland and England | Football | 88%
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| 1871 | Otto Von ________ becomes first chancellor of the German Empire | Bismarck | 87%
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| 1845 | The Irish ______ Famine leads to the Irish diaspora | Potato | 87%
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| 1877 | Thomas ______ invents the phonograph | Edison | 85%
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| 1820 | Discovery of __________ (Continent) | Antarctica | 84%
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| 1802 | _________ performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time | Beethoven | 83%
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| 1872 | ___________ National Park is created | Yellowstone | 83%
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| 1804 | _____ gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic | Haiti | 82%
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| 1842 | The Treaty of Nanking cedes ____ ____ to the British | Hong Kong | 81%
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| 1859 | On the Origin of _______ is published by Darwin | Species | 81%
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| 1865 | Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes _____ | Booth | 79%
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| 1804 | First steam __________ begins operation | Locomotive | 79%
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| 1818 | Mary Shelley publishes ____________ | Frankenstein | 74%
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| 1805 | The Battle of _________ eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas | Trafalgar | 70%
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| 1853 | The _______ War begins between France, the UK, the Ottoman Empire and Russia | Crimean | 68%
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| 1863 | Abraham Lincoln issues the ____________ Proclamation | Emancipation | 63%
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| 1883 | ________ volcano explosion, one of the largest in modern history | Krakatoa | 62%
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| 1858 | The British ___ begins ruling the Indian subcontinent | Raj | 61%
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| 1877 | The first test _______ match is played, between England and Australia | Cricket | 60%
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| 1885 | Louis _______ creates the first successful vaccine, against rabies | Pasteur | 57%
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| 1831 | Charles Darwin begins his voyage on the HMS ______ | Beagle | 55%
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| 1869 | Dmitri _________ creates the periodic table | Mendeleev | 38%
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| 1847 | Ignaz __________ proposes hand washing as a way to stop the spread of diseases | Semmelweis | 11%
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