History Quiz: True or False? #3 - Statistics

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Answer Stats

Question	Answer	% Correct
In 1814, eight people died in a beer flood in London.	True	84%
The only wooden ships to have been over 100 metres in length were all built after 1600.	False	78%
Cádiz, Palermo and Tangier were all founded by the Phoenicians.	True	70%
The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire died in Italy.	True	69%
Chinese mingqui served practically the same purpose as Ancient Egyptian shabtis.	True	68%
Hongwu Emperor, the first emperor of the Ming dynasty, started life as a peasant.	True	68%
The word kamikaze dates back to the attempted Mongol invasions of Japan.	True	68%
Julius Caesar was a member of the Second Triumvirate.	False	64%
The Inca Empire was established before the Aztec Empire.	False	54%
Nintendo was founded before Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer (MGM).	True	51%
The first operational helicopter was built during World War II.	False	50%
The Kingdom of Axum predated the Kingdom of Kush by around 100 years.	False	48%
The first people to inhabit Madagascar came from what is now Mozambique.	False	48%
Excluding Indonesia, Papua New Guinea was the first country in Oceania, after Australia and New Zealand, to become an independent 20th century nation.	False	45%
The Russians built forts in Hawaii.	True	41%