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None of us were alive in the 17th century.
Question 1 of 10
In 1650, two years after the Thirty Years War had wiped out the male population, what German city allowed men to have two wives?
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Question 2 of 10
Oceanus Hopkins was born sometime in 1620 between September 6 and November 9. Aboard what ship?
Question 3 of 10
When ration was introduced to the British navy in 1687 and only abolished in 1970?
Question 4 of 10
With Louis XIV threatening to invade in 1672, what country opened its dikes, flooding 400 square miles of territory to force the French to retreat?
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Question 5 of 10
What did Evangelista Torricelli invent in 1643?
Question 6 of 10
Adrian Block named Rhode Island in 1614, when he noticed an island with red clay shores. Hence, Roodt Eylandt, or Red Island. What nationality was he?
Question 7 of 10
Which building was constructed by a Mughal Emperor in 1653?
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Question 8 of 10
Reddit user DontTacoBoutIt posted descriptions of paintings, widely distributed as How to Recognize Famous Painters According to the Internet. Who did he describe this way? "If everyone looks like hobos illuminated only by a dim streetlamp, it's" this 17th-century Dutch master.
Question 9 of 10
The 1665 battle of Lowestoft was a part of which war?
Question 10 of 10
Around 1610, the Bridge of Eggs was built with mortar mixed, not with water, but with the whites of 10,000 eggs. And it still links Rimac to what Peruvian capital?
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