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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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Average Score: 5
45% knows the answer to this question:
"When was D-Day?
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"Differences between the Albemarle Sound settlers and those in Charleston led to what future territory being split in two?"
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Only take this quiz if you can handle a defeat!
Average Score: 4
88% knows the answer to this question:
"What type of airplane was Francis Gary Powers flying when he was forced down by the Russians?
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"Consumer activist Ralph Nader is said to have cost Al Gore the 2000 election by running for what party?"
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You thought history was boring?
Average Score: 4
92% knows the answer to this question:
"Now properly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, Java Man was first found on an island of the same name in what country?
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"On what date did the Emancipation Proclamation take effect?"
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Can you handle a defeat?
Average Score: 6
55% knows the answer to this question:
"What war was marked by major advances in military technology at the battles of Crecy and Agincourt?
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"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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The quiz will demonstrate the enjoyable side of history.
Average Score: 5
70% knows the answer to this question:
"Where would you have found St Anthony Castle, or, as it was called in French, Bastille Saint-Antoine?
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"After I was killed, my old law partner William Herndon said the love of my life was actually Ann Rutledge, who died of typhoid in 1835. Who am I?"
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Most people struggle to achieve a score of 6 or higher on this 10-question general knowledge quiz.
Average Score: 8
80% knows the answer to this question:
"What do the letters "ATM" stand for?
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"Who married Elizabeth Taylor on March 15, 1964, and married her again on October 10, 1975?"
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10 questions about literature, how many can you answer correctly?
Average Score: 6
57% knows the answer to this question:
"In 1994, what author of "All Creatures Great and Small" was hospitalized after being attacked by a flock of sheep?
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"Who wrote the book "The Partner"?"
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10 very challenging questions about fish, Take the test.
Average Score: 5
45% knows the answer to this question:
"Lepidoteuthis grimaldii is a squid named for what country's Prince Albert I, an amateur teuthologist?
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"What animal has no bones, jet propulsion, two kidneys, paralyzing spit, and eats through a hole in its brain?"
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10 Questions about Insects!, can you get more than 5 correct ?
Average Score: 5
40% knows the answer to this question:
"Found in Central California, Illacme plenipes has more than 600 legs, more than any of its species, but not quite a thousand. What is it?
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"Weighing about a quarter of a pound (and able to fly), what is (usually) considered the largest insect?"
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Commence the exam, consisting of 10 professionally challenging questions, under the category of general knowledge.
Average Score: 8
87% knows the answer to this question:
"Which month is the 6th month of the year?
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"In astrology, which planet rules beauty and romance?"
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You will fail to answer any of the 10 questions correctly due to your severely underdeveloped general knowledge.
Average Score: 9
81% knows the answer to this question:
"What orange vegetable helps with your night vision and is also Bugs Bunny's favorite food?
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"What orange gourd is often associated with Halloween?"
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The test will unveil your genuine comprehension of plants.
Average Score: 6
40% knows the answer to this question:
"If you like chocolate and vanilla ice cream, credit what country, which gave us both vanilla orchids and the cacao beans we get chocolate from?
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"For whom did Duke botanists name a newly discovered fern genus, in honor of her "fervent defense of equality and individual equality," especially since the ferns have a "somewhat fluid definition of gender"?"
