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1740s Decade Quiz

Do you have what it takes to guess these facts about the 1740s?
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First submittedSeptember 9, 2024
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Future U.S. state which was explored by Vitus Bering
Alaska
"Great" ruler who started his 46 year reign as King of Prussia
Frederick the Great
Empress who started her 40 year reign as ruler of Austria
Maria Theresa
Classical composer who wrote "The Messiah"
George Frideric Handel
Complete the lyrics from the 1740 poem and song: "Rule, Britannia! rule the _____"
Waves
Modern-day country where Wahhabism was given official protection by the monarch
Saudi Arabia
University established in New Jersey (today a member of the Ivy League)
Princeton
Swedish astronomer who proposed a new temperature scale which
today bears his name
Anders Celsius
Sport whose rules were first compiled in Leith, Scotland
Golf
Garment which was banned in the Scottish highlands in order to suppress the clans
Kilt
Pretender to the British throne who landed in Scotland in 1745 as part of
the Jacobite Uprising
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Roman city buried by volcanic ash in 79 AD which was rediscovered in 1748
Pompeii
Auction house founded in London in 1744
Sotheby's
City in Nova Scotia founded by Great Britain
Halifax
Country whose powerful leader, Nader Shah, was assassinated
Iran
War which ravaged Central Europe from 1740–1748 after the death of Charles VI
War of Austrian
Succession
War which was fought between Spain and Great Britain
War of Jenkins' Ear
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7 Comments
Neodymium
+3
Level 59
Sep 10, 2024
The Roaring 40s! Remember them like it was yesterday!
overtired
+2
Level 85
Sep 10, 2024
Ugh, was spelling it Sotherby's
JenkinsEar
+7
Level 90
Sep 10, 2024
Finally, a quiz just for me!
mez
+2
Level 71
Sep 10, 2024
I think there needs to be a second "Britannia" after the first one. :)
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Sep 10, 2024
Not in the OG poem.
Qikiq
+1
Level 87
Sep 10, 2024
The story behind the last question is well worth a read!
phalocrocorax
+1
Level 83
Sep 13, 2024
It's just called "Messiah" (no "the").
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