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America History, Do you remember?

Average Score: 6

79% knows the answer to this question: "Who was the only president to never live in the White House? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What Oregon city was named for a Maine city as the result of an 1845 coin toss, in which Francis Pettygrove prevailed over Asa Lovejoy?"

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Can you answer these 10 questions about US History? Try to get at least 5 questions right.

Average Score: 7

59% knows the answer to this question: "In 1983, some 5000 Americans invaded what tiny country, in a campaign that produced more medals than there were soldiers? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What president was knocked unconscious by a pretzel, which he was eating while watching a football game?"

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How much of History knowledge have you stored in your brain?

Average Score: 5

60% knows the answer to this question: "In 1519, what conquistador burned his own boats, forcing his 500 Spaniards to march on a half million Aztecs ... whom they beat? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What Mexican state on New Mexico's border has a name that means "loud" in Spanish?"

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Can you score a 6 or better in this History quiz?

Average Score: 5

61% knows the answer to this question: "In 1952, Muhammad Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser forced Faruk I to abdicate in favor of his six-month-old son, effectively ending what country's monarchy? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What battle in the American Revolution was fought on June 17, 1775, on Breed's Hill in what is now Boston?"

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Are you a true Historian?

Average Score: 4

82% knows the answer to this question: "John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Kennedy and George HW Bush were all born in Norfolk County. Where is it? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "The slaveholding South had opposed homesteading, so the Homestead Laws weren't passed until the Civil War. What did these laws do?"

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Can you handle a defeat?

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43% knows the answer to this question: "What war was marked by major advances in military technology at the battles of Crecy and Agincourt? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Thomas Starr King kept this state from becoming a separate republic during the Civil War, but in 2009 that state replaced him in National Statuary Hall with Ronald Reagan. What state?"

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If you like the past then take this challenge!

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Average Score: 6

71% knows the answer to this question: "As a teenager, what Chinese philosopher became superintendent of corn inspectors? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What king founded the Musketeers of the Guard in 1622?"

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Did you pay attention at school?

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47% knows the answer to this question: "Supplies flown into Tempelhof Airport saved what city from falling to communism? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "In the 1948 presidential election, most polls mistakenly predicted victory for Thomas Dewey over whom?"

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Did you pay attention at school? Find out with this History quiz!

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37% knows the answer to this question: "What was the last stop on the Underground Railroad? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "In 1482, the Ottoman Empire made Herzegovina a province of what other territory, to which it has been attached ever since?"

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Take this fun History quiz and share your results!

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Average Score: 4

95% knows the answer to this question: "What trustbuster used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act against a rail baron trust called Northern Securities? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What name did James Henry Breasted coin for an arc in the Middle East that included the Levant, Mesopotamia and Egypt?"

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Only take this History quiz if you can handle a defeat but don't come crying if you failed!

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70% knows the answer to this question: "When was D-Day? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Differences between the Albemarle Sound settlers and those in Charleston led to what future territory being split in two?"

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Do you like the past? Then take this hard History quiz!

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70% knows the answer to this question: "My vas pokhoronim! While addressing Western ambassadors at a Moscow reception in November 1956, who said, "Whether you like it or not, history is on our side, we will bury you"? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What icon of the American Revolution refused to be a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, saying he "smelt a rat"?"

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