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1710s Decade Quiz

Do you have what it takes to guess these facts about the 1710s?
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French king who died after 72 years on the throne, the longest reign
of any monarch in history
Louis XIV
City founded by the French near the mouth of the Mississippi River
New Orleans
King whose coronation in 1714 marked the beginning of the Hanoverian dynasty in Britain
George I
Novel by Daniel Defoe about a man stranded on a desert island
Robinson Crusoe
Cathedral completed in 1710 which would be the tallest building in London until 1963
St Paul's Cathedral
Crime for which Mary Hicks was executed –
marking the last time in English history it would happen
Witchcraft
Technology eschewing religious group which started to migrate
from Germany to Pennsylvania
Amish
City where the Alamo Mission was constructed by Spanish colonists
San Antonio
Type of engine used for the first time to pump water out of mines
Steam engine
Infamous pirate, born Edward Teach, who was killed off the coast of North Carolina
Blackbeard
Metal which Daniel Fahrenheit used to make the first practical thermometers
Mercury
City which was China's main trading port during this time period
Guangzhou
Type of object that Antonio Stradivari made in 1714 which sold for a
record $15.34 million in 2022
Violin
French royal house who retained control of the throne of Spain at the conclusion
of the War of Spanish Succession
House of Bourbon
Tiny principality founded on the border of Austria and Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Personification of England who was depicted for the first time
John Bull
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10 Comments
cathlete
+1
Level 77
Nov 29, 2024
Any chance you could accept the spelling Borbon? This corresponds to the Spanish spelling
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Nov 30, 2024
Okay
nerdalert
+7
Level 88
Dec 2, 2024
I think it's "DeFoe", not "DaFoe"
Unobtainium
+2
Level 48
May 13, 2025
I believe you're correct.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-Defoe

The book is also authored as "Defoe"

Dontforget
+1
Level 72
Dec 7, 2024
I know this is reaching and they are different, but would you consider accepting "heresy" for witchcraft?
MindWax
+6
Level 86
Feb 14, 2025
If you know it's reaching and a wrong answer, why are you asking for it to be accepted?
Unobtainium
+1
Level 48
May 13, 2025
Hicks was executed for witchcraft, not heresy. MAYBE sorcery or something, but heresy is completely different.
pike01
+6
Level 61
Mar 1, 2025
I think 'quicksilver' should be accepted as it is synonym for 'mercury'.
NealH
+2
Level 60
Mar 23, 2025
Why not Newcomen engine for pumping out mines? That was its proper name.
Pharley
+1
Level 75
May 16, 2025
Novel by Daniel Dafoe about a.... his name was Daniel DEFOE.
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