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1750s Decade Quiz

Do you have what it takes to guess these facts about the 1750s?
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Composer who died in Leipzig, leaving his "The Art of Fugue" unfinished
J. S. Bach
Company that began its 101 year rule over most of India
British East India
Company
Type of book first published by Denis Diderot and others in France
Encyclopedia
Type of book first published by Samuel Johnson in England
Dictionary
American who reportedly performed experiments involving a kite and electricity
Benjamin Franklin
City where Casanova escaped from prison after being arrested for affronts
to religion and common decency
Venice
European capital that was almost completely destroyed by an 8.5 earthquake,
tsunami, and fire
Lisbon
Scientific name for the human species coined by Carl Linnaeus
Homo sapiens
Comet that appeared as predicted in 1758, seventy-six years after its previous visit
Halley's Comet
Future leader who married Martha Dandridge Custis
George Washington
Author of "Candide"
Voltaire
Brand of beer brewed for the first time in Dublin
Guinness
City founded at the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers
Pittsburgh
Group of French settlers who were expelled from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
(many of them later settling in Louisiana)
Acadians
Modern calendar which replaced the Julian calendar in Great Britain, skipping
the date forward 11 days
Gregorian Calendar
Dungeon where the Nawab of Bengal throw 64 British prisoners,
most of whom died of suffocation
The Black Hole
of Calcutta
What Thomas Chippendale was famous for designing
Furniture
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14 Comments
Wardo
+3
Level 88
Feb 4, 2022
I think you should allow Kolkata as that is the accepted form of that city on jet punk even if it was Calcutta at the time of this event.
Arp2600
+1
Level 88
Feb 4, 2022
It must have been fixed, it worked for me.
trombonekid98
+7
Level 71
Feb 4, 2022
As a Pennsylvanian, it's quite satisfying to see a quiz where Pittsburgh needs a h.
mf3
+3
Level 89
Feb 4, 2022
A reminder that there are some Chippendales that it is OK to display around your house.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 80
Feb 25, 2023
I tried 'commode' before furniture!
blizzrd33
+2
Level 80
Feb 6, 2022
Is there going to be a series for these historical decade quizzes to be linked into?
TheMightyQ
+1
Level 84
Feb 10, 2022
Probably this one: https://www.jetpunk.com/series/history-by-decade
b1094
+3
Level 70
Mar 21, 2022
Accept "encyclopaedia"?
AlmostAGenius
+1
Level 85
Sep 14, 2022
Is it just me or did you guys see a couple of chipmunks when you read Chippendale?
Neodymium
+4
Level 63
Jan 30, 2023
Pittsburgh!
Koopa
+1
Level 82
Feb 25, 2023
Very fun.
brandybuck96
+2
Level 83
Nov 7, 2023
I presume the questions about Johnson and Diderot are about the first books of the kind printed *in their country*? Because there are plenty of dictionaries from other countries preceding Johnson's, and the English Chambers's Cyclopedia preceded and directly inspired Diderot's... idk the questions just seemed weirdly worded
SpencerGT
+1
Level 68
Jan 9, 2024
It's really just the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela, imo.
csAxer8
+2
Level 61
Mar 27, 2025
*Threw* 64 british prisoners, not throw.
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