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Try to score a 6 or higher in this History Quiz.

Average Score: 9

39% knows the answer to this question: "William Frederick Cody got his nickname because he had claimed to have killed 4,000 of what animal, while working with the Kansas Pacific Railroad? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What future wife did Hitler meet through the woman's boss, Heinrich Hoffman, a Munich photographer?"

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Only 10% can do this History quiz right

Average Score: 6

85% knows the answer to this question: "By the time Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Scriabin became the Soviet minister, he'd adopted what explosive new name? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What country saw a fierce political rivalry between Liberal William Gladstone and Conservative Benjamin Disraeli?"

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Do you like the past ?

Average Score: 9

66% knows the answer to this question: "In 1368, for the first time, all of China was conquered from the south. What dynasty, famous for its blue and white porcelain vases, replaced the Yuan? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Lee Harvey Oswald almost certainly shot John F. Kennedy. But who, most definitely, shot Lee Harvey Oswald?"

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Only a true Historian can answer these 10 questions

Average Score: 9

88% knows the answer to this question: "What military invasion began on June 6, 1944? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "In the 200s AD, what country was broken up into a Three Kingdoms period: the Wu south, the Shu in the west and the powerful Wei in the north?"

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How much do you know about history?

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Average Score: 7

44% knows the answer to this question: "After the 1968 Democratic National Convention, who was charged with "conspiring to cross state lines with the intent to incite a riot"? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "The canonical list of the Wonders of the Ancient World was actually created by meshing together several Greek lists, notably those by Herodotus, Antipater of Sidon and Philon of Byzantium. How many items are on the list?"

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Very hard pop music trivia quiz.

Average Score: 6

77% knows the answer to this question: "Who used a Fender Stratocaster named Brownie to record Layla and is shown with a Stratocaster named Blackie on his Time Pieces cover? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What musical is set largely in the Kit Kat Klub, a last bastion of decadence in pre-Nazi Germany?"

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Insane Pop Music Quiz

Average Score: 6

76% knows the answer to this question: "What jazz legend produced the movie "The Color Purple," as well as the TV shows "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" and "Mad TV"? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "The Broadway musical "Dreamgirls" was loosely based on what girl band?"

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60's Music Quiz. Only people from 60+ can answer these correctly.

Average Score: 8

49% knows the answer to this question: "Which Beach Boy co-wrote and sang back-up on Jan & Dean's hit "Surf City"? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "In 1966, the Royal Guardsmen hit #2 with a novelty song about what comic strip character's battles with the Red Baron?"

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Very Hard POP Music quiz.

Average Score: 6

30% knows the answer to this question: "Jamie Reid, who produced this band's "ransom note" debut album cover, also designed a poster of the Queen with a safety pin through her lip to promote its second single. What band is this? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Who used a Zippo lighter to play slide guitar on "All Along the Watchtower," his only Billboard Top 40 hit?"

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Less than 5% can score a perfect score in this music quiz.

Average Score: 6

90% knows the answer to this question: "Naturally, who decided to name his first daughter Tulip Victoria, given his biggest hit and the mother's name? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Which of these is the name of both a US Revolution hero and of the Led Zeppelin bassist born John Baldwin?"

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We bet you can't even score a 4 out of 10 on this one !

Average Score: 8

30% knows the answer to this question: "Where would you most likely enjoy a six-movement dance called a hula? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Her last name, Gudmundsdottir, simply indicates who her dad is, while her first name means "birch" in Icelandic. Who is she?"

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Impossible History Quiz. Most people can't even get 5 correctly. Can you beat that ?

Average Score: 7

42% knows the answer to this question: "On December 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty, disguised as Indians, dumped 342 chests of what substance, 45 tons in all, into Boston Harbor? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Where were Anne Boleyn and Thomas More executed, having been brought in through a water entrance called Traitor's Gate?"

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