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1870s Decade Quiz

Do you have what it takes to answer these questions about the 1870s?
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First submittedFebruary 21, 2015
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Who invented the practical light bulb?
Thomas Edison
What sound-playing device was invented by the same person?
Phonograph
Who wrote "Anna Karenina"?
Leo Tolstoy
What period of history in the American South came to an end?
Reconstruction
What became the world's first national park?
Yellowstone
What city had a massive fire that was blamed on an Irish cow?
Chicago
What concert hall, named after Queen Victoria's husband, opened in London?
Royal Albert Hall
What city was briefly ruled by a socialist "commune" of the people?
Paris
What kingdom, led by Otto von Bismarck, united Germany under its leadership?
Prussia
How long did it take Phileas Fogg to travel around the world?
80 Days
Who patented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What Jewish-born Prime Minister led the United Kingdom?
Benjamin Disraeli
What was patented by Levi Strauss?
Blue Jeans
What art movement was exemplified by Claude Monet?
Impressionism
Who was the most famous Native American warrior at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
Crazy Horse or
Sitting Bull
What native kingdom did Britain fight a war against in modern-day South Africa?
Zulu Kingdom
What was Susan B. Anthony arrested for doing in 1872?
Voting
What Kansas boom town was the ending point for cattle drives?
Dodge City
Who did H.M. Stanley presumably find in the Africa wilderness?
Dr. David Livingstone
Who was W.S. Gilbert's songwriting partner?
Arthur Sullivan
tschutzer
+9
Level 90
Mar 26, 2015
Just to be fair to the Irish, that cow was most definitely a Bovinian-American.
ander217
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Level 75
Jul 24, 2015
LOL. I had the same thought, wondering which Irish breed of cow the O'Leary's had purchased. There were other theories about the origin of the fire, my favorite being that their next door neighbor, Mr. Sullivan, dropped his lantern while sneaking into the barn during the night to get some free milk for his bedtime whiskey drink.
triviawayne
+3
Level 65
Jul 31, 2015
This was an Irish cow...he was sneaking into the barn during the night to get some free whiskey for his bedtime milk drink.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 68
Sep 29, 2022
Milk with whiskey? That's the real crime right there!
blinky
+1
Level 59
Mar 10, 2017
Only Irish because her mother was Mrs. O'Leary.
jiwaburst
+1
Level 74
Jun 4, 2015
Would like 'Abiline' to be accepted in addition to Dodge City, or if not, then rephrase the question to include the fact that Dodge sprang to life after in the 1870s, Abiline, which was the original cow town, stopped accepting cattle runs.
ander217
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Level 75
Jul 24, 2015
Abilene was my first answer. It was still the major end of the Chisholm Trail until the early 1870s when town residents informed the drovers they were no longer welcome in their town. A branch of the trail going to Dodge City then became the main route, causing Dodge City to boom. It seems to me that either town would fit the clue.
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Apr 22, 2018
This quiz is about the 1870's!
pamu
+1
Level 49
Jul 31, 2015
Abilene was my answer as well.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 18, 2017
I'm surprised that anyone would answer Abilene and not know about Dodge City, but Abilene will work now.
Damangio
+3
Level 65
Sep 10, 2020
I only knew Abilene, because that's where the cattle drive goes in Old Yeller.
ander217
+1
Level 75
Jul 31, 2015
It's impressionism, not expressionism, although I keep writing the latter every time I take this quiz. Seems I never learn.
Susie222
+5
Level 59
Jul 31, 2015
Maybe you just have the wrong impression.
triviawayne
+6
Level 65
Jul 31, 2015
I know an impressionist that does a dead on Monet...
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 84
Oct 2, 2016
Nice! *golf clap*
triviaolivia
+1
Level 61
Sep 24, 2022
Don't tread on their freedom of expression...
Baltimorean
+1
Level 67
Aug 1, 2015
Said, to steal a line from the great Myles na gCopaleen, more in Seurat than in Ingres.
celebeth
+1
Level 69
Jul 31, 2015
How did I not know that Dodge City was in Kansas?
DeusCaritasEst
+6
Level 55
Aug 4, 2015
Because it's in Kansas.
Jacktheguy
+4
Level 89
Jan 3, 2018
All the more reason to get the hell out of Dodge.
SadDuck
+1
Level 67
Jul 31, 2015
I agree that Abilene Ks should be the correct answer to the cattle trail question for this time period. Also, could "record player" also be accepted for phonograph?
triviawayne
+3
Level 65
Jul 31, 2015
wax cylinders, not records
ferdy86
+1
Level 76
Aug 2, 2015
Not particularly forgiving on the spelling of Disraeli.
DeusCaritasEst
+2
Level 55
Aug 4, 2015
Why do I always think "Livingston" instead of Livingstone?? Damn you, English pronunciation of vowels...
tom88
+2
Level 71
Feb 18, 2016
damn I was so close, I put "prince albert hall", instead of "Royal albert hall"
kenpo17
+5
Level 66
Jan 3, 2018
I got it by just typing Albert.
YantheMan
+4
Level 65
Feb 23, 2016
I tried "80" and "eighty" so many times, because I assumed "days" was assumed by the question. D'oh.
Carry
+1
Level 63
Apr 27, 2017
Could've been weeks or months.
JWatson24
+1
Level 71
Sep 10, 2020
Yeah same, and I tried just about every number between 20 and 120 thinking I just was getting the title wrong...
jajaco2017
+1
Level 57
Mar 17, 2017
On this day in History, Battle of Little Bighorn on Jun 25, 1876. ... Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, leaders of the Sioux tribe on the Great Plains, .
fitheach
+3
Level 59
Jan 3, 2018
But you wrote that on 17th March - how is that the same day as 25th and 26th June?
triviaolivia
+1
Level 61
Sep 24, 2022
I believe it was a nod to the Irish cow question
ruftytufty
+3
Level 79
Jul 27, 2017
Joseph Swan should be accepted as an answer as the inventor of the light bulb. He has every right to equal credit with Edison.
TinklePork
+3
Level 62
Nov 20, 2017
Cyprus is in Europe, not Asia
ruftytufty
+2
Level 79
Jan 4, 2018
The Cyprus question is geographical semantics. Ignoring Swan's equally valid claim to have invented the light bulb is pig ignorance.
JonOfKent
+1
Level 55
Sep 24, 2022
Yes, hence the "Ediswan" company. Swan should at the very least be a type-in, but should really be given as one of the two correct answers
RobNobody
+4
Level 76
Jan 3, 2018
If you wanna get picky about Phileas Fogg, he actually made it around the world and back to London in 79 days. Though if you want to get even pickier, he didn't get back to the official end point, his social club, until the 80th day because he thought he had arrived five minutes late, not realizing that he had gained a whole day due to crossing the International Date Line going east. Since he thought he'd lost the wager, he didn't bother to go to the club until he discovered his mistake the next day.
Sulps
+3
Level 56
Jan 3, 2018
Let's just keep it at 80, because that's easier to remember.
RobNobody
+6
Level 76
Feb 3, 2018
Oh, I totally agree. I just like the fact that when you get technical the commonly-held answer is wrong, but if you get really technical, it's correct.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
Jan 5, 2018
No questions about That 70s Show?
precisioncontrol
+3
Level 62
Apr 13, 2018
I think the quiz should take "Livingston" for "Livingstone." That's a serious nitpick right there.
triviaolivia
+1
Level 61
Sep 10, 2020
I'm an expert on the happenings of the 1870s!!! Apparently!! Life is full of surprises....
WildStrawberries
+1
Level 50
Sep 10, 2020
Once again, Edison did not invent the light bulb.
ConradBrunstrom
+1
Level 78
Sep 11, 2020
No one person invented the lightbulb. Many people in many countries were working on it. Edison's company patented one successful version of it.
HectorVortac
+1
Level 48
Sep 11, 2020
I rarely ask this but, more time please?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 1, 2022
Okay
Cygnus2112
+1
Level 70
May 28, 2021
Dodge City is in Ford county.
vazilega
+2
Level 22
Sep 24, 2022
The inventor of the light bulb was Joseph Swan in 1878.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 68
Sep 29, 2022
Long live the Paris Commune!
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