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Music category, with 10 questions at an extremely hard level.
Average Score: 8
70% knows the answer to this question:
"On their Midnight Memories album, what band rather ambitiously promised the "Best Song Ever"?
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"In the song Ghost Town, the Specials sang about "too much fighting" on this. In 1997, Michael Jackson fretted about blood on this and in 2001, Sophie Ellis-Bextor worried about murder on it. That may be why, in 2009, Cascada called us on to evacuate it. What is it?"
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Can you correctly answer all 10 questions on World History?
Average Score: 7
62% knows the answer to this question:
"In a 1995 Panorama interview, who famously confessed to Martin Bashir, "There were three people in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded"?
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"Who was the captain of PT 109?"
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'Interrogating pop music with 10 questions!'
Average Score: 8
88% knows the answer to this question:
" Which musician used a guillotine as a stage prop?
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"Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson have both recorded duets with which former Beatle?"
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'An assortment of 10 pop music questions at random!'
Average Score: 8
66% knows the answer to this question:
"What does the "MTV" acronym mean?
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"Which popular British music festival is typically held on the last weekend in June? "
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Do you identify as a Historian?
Average Score: 6
86% knows the answer to this question:
"What country's original 1900 constitution made room for adding New Zealand as a member state some day?
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"Who succeeded Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister?"
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Discover how exciting history can be by taking this fun quiz!
Average Score: 7
78% knows the answer to this question:
"He never won the Nobel Peace Prize, but he was nominated in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 and, finally, a few days before he was murdered in January 1948. Partially in his honor, no prize at all was given in 1948, because "there was no suitable living candidate." Who?
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"What former British protectorate did Iraq claim was its long-lost "nineteenth province," invading it on August 2, 1990?"
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'Incredibly challenging music quiz'
Average Score: 6
74% knows the answer to this question:
"Who were The Carpenters?
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"Which dance was a hit for Little Eva?"
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It's doubtful you'll get more than 5 right.
Pop music quiz
Average Score: 9
52% knows the answer to this question:
"Which British songstress of "Back to Black" died at the age of 27 in 2011?
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"Which book title was a hit for Dolly Parton?"
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These 10 questions can only be answered by a true Historian.
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Average Score: 6
39% knows the answer to this question:
"Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions?
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"What war was said at the time to be "the war to end all wars"?"
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Scoring 4/10 or higher on this tough History Quiz is highly unlikely.
Average Score: 5
31% knows the answer to this question:
"In 1900, what anti-foreigner rebellion rocked China?
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" Which former British Pime Minister is credited with helping create the first police force?"
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If you enjoy the past, try out this History quiz.
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Average Score: 6
44% knows the answer to this question:
"Who was William Shatner's best man at his wedding?
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"Who managed to lose the "mother of all battles"?"
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Did you score a 6 or higher on the History Quiz? Share it!
Average Score: 8
80% knows the answer to this question:
"Steve Jobs sold his VW mini-van and Steve Wozniak sold his HP scientific calculator so that they could create what "fruity" computer company in 1976?
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"The fungus Phytophthora infestans is credited with causing which country's 1840s potato famine?"
