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American History Quiz

Very hard US History quiz

Average Score: 7

51% knows the answer to this question: "What is the best-known work of author J.D. Salinger, published in 1951? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "In February 1950 speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, who claimed to have a list of 205 Communists in the State Department, a number that later fluctuated wildly?"

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US History Quiz

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72% knows the answer to this question: "What was the pen name of children's author Theodor Geisel? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What did some North American tribes use to start campfires?"

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American History!

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58% knows the answer to this question: "Who wrote to Franklin Roosevelt in 1939 on the subject of nuclear reactions? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Which of these is a catchphrase from Barack Obama's 2008 primary campaign?"

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America History, Do you remember?

Average Score: 6

71% 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.

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66% 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

55% 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

73% 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

64% 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?

Average Score: 6

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

59% 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?

Average Score: 5

52% 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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60% 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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