Statistics for The French Revolution

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What device was used to behead them?	Guillotine	96%
What king and queen were beheaded in 1793?	Louis XVI	95%
What king and queen were beheaded in 1793?	Marie Antoinette	93%
What prison was stormed in 1789?	Bastille	92%
What did that queen supposedly say that people should eat if they had no bread?	Cake	85%
What is name of the period, in 1793 and 1794, in which thousands were executed?	The Reign of {Terror}	84%
Who was elevated to the rank of "First Consul" in 1799, an event usually considered the end of the Revoluion?	Napoleon Bonaparte	82%
Who weren't granted rights by the "Declaration of the Rights of Man"?	Women and slaves	73%
What revolutionary motto, first uttered in 1790, is still the national motto of France?	Liberté, egalité, {fraternité}	70%
France's national anthem was written in 1792. What city is it named after?	Marseille	68%
What system of weights and measures was introduced in 1791?	Metric System	68%
What groups of people comprised the "three estates" prior to the revolution?	Nobility	66%
What groups of people comprised the "three estates" prior to the revolution?	Commoners	65%
On what day of the year was that prison stormed?	July 14th	63%
What "incorruptible" and bloodthirsty revolutionary was executed in 1794?	Maximilien Robespierre	63%
What groups of people comprised the "three estates" prior to the revolution?	Clergy	61%
What period of time was increased to 10 days in length?	The Week	59%
What Charles Dickens novel is set in London and Paris during the time of the French Revolution?	A Tale of Two Cities	57%
What small group led France during that period?	Committee of Public {Safety}	28%
What atheistic cult was promoted as a replacement for Catholicism?	Cult of {Reason}	19%