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What is your level of knowledge in history?
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Average Score: 7
58% knows the answer to this question:
"In 1912, 1513 people died when what ship sank?
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"Most Italian American immigrants arrived from 1899 to 1924 and about a third of these were from what island?"
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Only individuals aged 60 or above can accurately respond to this 60's Music Quiz.
Average Score: 8
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"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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"The "acid" in acid rock referred to what specific drug, which was actually legal in the United States until 1968?"
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Begin the impossible history quiz now.
Average Score: 9
58% knows the answer to this question:
"From his capital at Flensburg, Admiral Karl Doenitz ordered his troops to surrender on May 7, 1945. At the time, Doenitz was what country's leader?
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"General Charles Gordon may have been British, but he helped put down the quasi-Christian, proto-communist Taiping Rebellion, earning him what nickname?"
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Pop Music Quiz Gone Wild
Average Score: 6
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"What jazz legend produced the movie "The Color Purple," as well as the TV shows "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" and "Mad TV"?
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"Chita Rivera played Anita in the Broadway version. Rita Moreno played her in the movie. Of what show?"
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These 10 questions can only be answered by a true Historian.
Average Score: 9
58% knows the answer to this question:
"What military invasion began on June 6, 1944?
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"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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You won't be able to score more than 4 out of 10 on this one!
Average Score: 8
69% knows the answer to this question:
"Where would you most likely enjoy a six-movement dance called a hula?
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"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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Quiz on General Knowledge
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Average Score: 9
95% knows the answer to this question:
"What is the national sport of Canada?
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"Who was Harry S. Truman?"
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Quiz on Food and Beverages
We challenge you to score higher than a lousy 5
Average Score: 9
47% knows the answer to this question:
"What fruit was mentioned often in the Bible and is also tasty in a "Newton" cookie?
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"Derived from the ink it produces, "calamari" is the Italian name for what creature?"
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The pop music quiz results in most people failing.
Average Score: 5
67% knows the answer to this question:
"Using Booker T's MGs as their band, who had a hit album called Briefcase Full of Blues and even opened for Steve Martin?
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"What tenor from Naples was sent fleeing from his hotel room during the San Francisco earthquake?"
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Take the challenge and prove yourself as a genuine historian.
Average Score: 8
84% knows the answer to this question:
"What scandal destroyed Richard Nixon's administration?
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"A weepy Princess Diana told Panorama that "there were three of us in this marriage" with Prince Charles. Who was #3?"
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A challenging 10-question pop quiz covering various eras.
Average Score: 7
72% knows the answer to this question:
"Ray and Dave Davies were brothers in which band?
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"Whose song Mo Money Mo Problems became his second posthumous #1 hit, replacing I'll Be Missing You, a song made about his death?"
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Do you have an affinity for the past?
Average Score: 8
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"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?
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"Lee Harvey Oswald almost certainly shot John F. Kennedy. But who, most definitely, shot Lee Harvey Oswald?"
