1860s Decade Quiz

I missed two... including the river (I tried Danube but not Blue Danube)... and the Canadian company (should have known the answer, best guess I managed was Tim Horton's)

I thought Alfred Nobel invented prizes.

Just read about the Taiping Rebellion. 20 million 20 Million, 20 Million, 20 MILLION PEOPLE! (ALA Danny Devito)

I am surprised so few people got China by virtue of the simple fact that it is one of the few countries on the planet at the time to be in a position to lose 20 million people. I was able to guess it using that logic.

What, you don't accept Dormouse? I mean, I got it, but still, there was a Dormouse!

alfred nobel also invented the nobel peace prize

Just read about the Paraguayan War. What a great idea to attack Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina without having any allies!

The exact same question millions of death in china/borther of jesus is in the previous quiz! (1850s)

for "business reasons". ugh, I mean technically-

The US government during reconstruction wanted to rebuild the South, both mentally and literally as many places in the south were destroyed by the war. The US decided to do this by supplying civilians (who requested it) with money to buy materials and for their labor to rebuild parts of the South. Carpetbaggers were northerners who moved to the South during reconstruction in order to take advantage of this policy by going town to town asking for money to rebuild, not rebuilding and just going to the next town. These were not your regular ol' 'business reasons' and instead these people were kinda dirtbags.

Great Expectations sounds more like what my five year-old has than a novel

I think the Paraguay question could be re-worded to make it more challenging. As it is, it's a gimme. With only 12 countries to choose from, answering the question requires no knowledge of the event. It only requires a few seconds of typing

I wonder if another Lincoln-Kennedy connection is nutjobs thinking his Vice President Johnson actually killed him.