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Timeline of the 19th Century
How well do you remember historical events from 1801 until 1900?
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| First submitted | February 16, 2021 |
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1.
Which composer performed his "Moonlight Sonata" for the first time in 1801?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Frederic Chopin
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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2.
In 1803 the Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory by the United States from which country?
United Kingdom
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Spain
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Mexico
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France
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3.
In 1804, in the Battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon defeated Russian and what other army?
Ottoman
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Swedish
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Austrian
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Spanish
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4.
What was the name of the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the USA from 1804 to 1806?
Lewis & Clark Expedition
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Livingstone & Stanley Expedition
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Ham & McKenzie Expedition
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Smith & Frazier Expedition
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5.
Napoleon's invasion of what country turned out to be his downfall?
Germany
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Great Britain
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Austria
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Russia
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6.
In 1813, which author published "Pride and Prejudice"?
Charlotte Bronte
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Jane Austen
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George Elliot
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7.
When Mount Tambora erupted in 1815 it became the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, killing at least 71,000 people. In which country that happened?
Chile
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Philippines
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Indonesia
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Mexico
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8.
Which author published "Frankenstein" in 1815?
Emily Bronte
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Bram Stoker
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Oscar Wilde
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Mary Shelley
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9.
What African country was founded by freed American slaves in 1821?
South Africa
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Benin
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Angola
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Liberia
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10.
What 19th century leader, nicknamed "The Liberator", campaigned for Catholic rights and Irish independence?
William Wallace
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John Collins
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Oliver Cromwell
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Daniel O'Connell
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11.
In what state did the Battle of Alamo take place in 1836?
Texas
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Arizona
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New Mexico
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Georgia
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12.
Which writer highlighted the horrors of 19th century Child labor in his novel "Oliver Twist"?
Charles Dickens
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Ernest Hemingway
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Mark Twain
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Edgar Allan Poe
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13.
What crop failed in the 1840s, causing the Great Irish Famine?
rice
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corn
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wheat
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potatoes
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14.
Who is considered the Father of Communism?
Vladimir Lenin
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Mao Zedong
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Friedrich Engels
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Karl Marx
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15.
The Springtime of the Peoples were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe in what year?
1848
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1828
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1898
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1868
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16.
Gettysburg is the most notorious and bloody battles in what war?
Revolutionary War
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Mexican-American War
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American Civil War
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War of 1812
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17.
Who was the first president of the United States who was assassinated?
James A. Garfield
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Andrew Johnson
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William McKinley
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Abraham Lincoln
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18.
Who published "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" in 1865?
Walt Disney
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Brothers Grimm
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Lewis Carroll
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Hans Christian Andersen
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19.
Cro-Magnons were the first early modern humans to settle in Europe. Where were their remains found in 1868?
France
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Italy
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Spain
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Croatia
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20.
Which famous canal was opened up in 1869?
Volga-Don canal
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Panama canal
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Suez canal
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Rhine-Main-Danube canal
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21.
In 1869, who published "War and Peace"?
Leo Tolstoy
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Mikhail Sholokhov
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Alexander Pushkin
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22.
Widely held to be the first in the world, which national park was established in the United States in 1872?
Yellowstone
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Rocky Monutain
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Yosemite
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Grand Canyon
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23.
Which teams played the first recognised international soccer match in 1872?
England vs Scotland
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Scotland vs Wales
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France vs Wales
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England vs France
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24.
The opera "Carmen" was premiered in Paris in 1875. Who is its composer?
Giuseppe Verdi
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George Bizet
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Richard Wagner
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Gioachino Rossini
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25.
Who was the U.S. commander that lost the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876?
George S. Patton
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George Armstrong Custer
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Jesse James
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26.
The first modern Olympic Games were held in which decade?
1870s
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1850s
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1880s
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1890s
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27.
In what town did the gunfight at the O.K. corral take place in 1881?
El Paso
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Tombstone
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Dodge City
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Lincoln
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28.
Who invented the light bulb in 1883?
Thomas Edison
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Karl Benz
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Walter Hunt
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29.
Which King of Bavaria built the famous Neuschwanstein Castle in 1886?
King Leopold
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King Otto
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King Ludwig II
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King Maximilian
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30.
Who published his first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet" in 1887?
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Raymond Chandler
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Agatha Christie
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31.
"Starry Night" is probably the most famous painting of which artist?
Rembrandt
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Pablo Picasso
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Salvador Dali
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Vincent van Gogh
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