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10 Historical Questions
We take a bow if you do better than a 7+
Average Score: 9
86% knows the answer to this question:
"Hong Kong was returned to which country by the British in 1997?
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"In what country was the loyalist paramilitary group known as the Ulster Volunteer Force formed in early 1966?"
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Smart people quiz
Average Score: 9
30% knows the answer to this question:
"Antarctica is the only continent completely covered in what?
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"In 1991, what was made the official language of Puerto Rico?"
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You think you can win this?
Average Score: 9
47% knows the answer to this question:
"Which of these was a woman who became famous for her involvement with Bill Clinton?
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"In which ancient civilization would you find colosseums?"
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Can you beat the Historian?
Average Score: 9
30% knows the answer to this question:
"What did Louis Braille invent?
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"In the 1990s, who nearly lost his job over his affair with Monica Lewinsky? "
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Beat the historian
Average Score: 9
47% knows the answer to this question:
"Which of these political figures spent the whole of the 70s and 80s in prison?
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"In 2013, a scandal in the United Kingdom found that meat advertised as beef was actual what?"
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Only a true historian stands a change
Average Score: 9
52% knows the answer to this question:
"Emperor Jiajing ruled in which country?
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"Which location replaced the East Coast as the center of the American movie industry?"
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Are you a true historian?
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Average Score: 10
80% knows the answer to this question:
"Of which country was Ronald Reagan president in the 1980s?
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"Which of these places would you expect to be the coldest?"
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Can you beat me in this History quiz?
Average Score: 9
89% knows the answer to this question:
"Which former United States President died in 1972?
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"Malcolm Little was better known by which name?"
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Very hard history quiz
Average Score: 9
43% knows the answer to this question:
"In which country was the anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela born?
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And do you know the answer to this one?
"What is the official language of France?"
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Can you beat Williams score?
Average Score: 9
38% knows the answer to this question:
"Of the following, which person is a former British Prime Minister?
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"Who was the man who is called "Jack the Ripper"?"
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Everybody fails at question 8
Average Score: 9
64% knows the answer to this question:
"Australia, the Bahamas, Singapore and the United States all use what form of paper currency?
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"What was Alexander III of Macedon better known as?"
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Really hard history quiz
Average Score: 9
91% knows the answer to this question:
"Who was Lee Harvey Oswald?
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And do you know the answer to this one?
"What type of vacations do people often take in cold, mountainous Switzerland?"