Statistics for 1870s Decade Quiz

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who invented the practical light bulb?	Thomas Edison	97%
Who patented the telephone?	Alexander Graham Bell	88%
What was patented by Levi Strauss?	Blue Jeans	87%
What became the world's first national park?	Yellowstone	84%
What sound-playing device was invented by the same person?	Phonograph	79%
Who wrote "Anna Karenina"?	Leo Tolstoy	74%
How long did it take Phileas Fogg to travel around the world?	80 Days	73%
What concert hall, named after Queen Victoria's husband, opened in London?	Royal Albert Hall	72%
What kingdom, led by Otto von Bismarck, united Germany under its leadership?	Prussia	70%
What art movement was exemplified by Claude Monet?	Impressionism	68%
What city had a massive fire that was blamed on an Irish cow?	Chicago	62%
What native kingdom did Britain fight a war against in modern-day South Africa?	Zulu Kingdom	61%
Who was the most famous Native American warrior at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?	Crazy Horse or Sitting Bull	54%
Who was W.S. Gilbert's songwriting partner?	Arthur Sullivan	53%
Who did H.M. Stanley presumably find in the Africa wilderness?	Dr. David Livingstone	53%
What was Susan B. Anthony arrested for doing in 1872?	Voting	53%
What Jewish-born Prime Minister led the United Kingdom?	Benjamin Disraeli	51%
What city was briefly ruled by a socialist "commune" of the people?	Paris	41%
What period of history in the American South came to an end?	Reconstruction	37%
What Kansas boom town was the ending point for cattle drives?	Dodge City	27%