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History Quiz
Average Score: 6
45% knows the answer to this question:
"What did Senwosret II, pharaoh of dynasty XII, erect not far from the oasis of Al-Fayyum ...?
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"What, containing Bill Clinton's DNA, did Monica Lewinsky turn over to the Starr investigators shortly before Clinton finally admitted to their relationship?"
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History Quiz
Average Score: 8
84% knows the answer to this question:
"During which civil war did the 'Battle of Pleasant Hill' take place?
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"In what year did the United States first back the Shah of Iran?"
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History Quiz
Average Score: 6
44% knows the answer to this question:
"What city was Queen Elizabeth II born in?
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"William Bligh suffered a mutiny on the Bounty, and an uprising called the Rum Rebellion in New South Wales in what country?"
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History Quiz
Average Score: 7
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"Martin Luther was #2 and Karl Marx was #3 but Konrad Adenauer was voted at the top of "Unsere Besten," or "Our Best," a poll run on what country's ZDF network?
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"In which year was archaeologist Vere Gordon Childe born?"
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Music Quiz
Average Score: 7
89% knows the answer to this question:
"The painting "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh was referred to by which '70's rock artist?
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"Which singer did The Crickets back and support?"
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Go Crazy With This Hard Music Quiz
Average Score: 6
84% knows the answer to this question:
"Who sang the Bond theme song 'Diamonds Are Forever'?
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"Granada TV presenter Tony Wilson founded what legendary Manchester record label, which gave us Joy Division and Happy Mondays?"
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Are there any true Historians among us?
Average Score: 4
31% knows the answer to this question:
"Until they were beaten back at the Marne in 1914, German troops came within 15 miles of what capital?
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"In 1990, Douglas Wilder became the first elected black governor. Of what state?"
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Do you like the past? Then this is a quiz for you!
Average Score: 5
58% knows the answer to this question:
"Who survived an assassination attempt because his Citroen DS Decapotable was able to speed away from his assailants, despite two flat tires?
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"Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia all owe their independence to what Caracas-born hero?"
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Can you own this History quiz?
Average Score: 5
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"Who was the Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya?
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"Who was head of the Syrian Computer Club and studied ophthalmology at the University of Damascus, only to end up running Syria after his brother died in a 1994 car crash?"
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Share if you can handle a defeat in this History quiz!
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Average Score: 6
91% knows the answer to this question:
"What country became an empire, when Peter the Great's victory over Sweden was sealed by the 1721 Peace of Nystadt?
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"In 2001, Hannelore Kohl killed herself with sleeping pills, having been tormented by a painful sensitivity to sunlight. Her husband once ran what country?"
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Don't come crying when you failed!
Average Score: 5
67% knows the answer to this question:
"The Schengen Agreement got rid of internal passport controls in Europe. It was signed on the riverboat Princess Marie-Astrid at the point on River Moselle where three countries' borders meet. Which of these is not one of them?
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"When a mob murdered him in 2011, what dictator may have been worth $200 billion, which would have made him the richest man in the world?"
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Share if you scored a 6 or higher in this History quiz!
Average Score: 4
57% knows the answer to this question:
"What Sudanese capital wasn't founded until 1821, when Muhammad Ali needed a base for his Egyptian troops?
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"During what country's Cultural Revolution did they consider making the red on traffic lights mean "go," since it was also the color of communism?"