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Average Score: 7

34% knows the answer to this question: "After the 1968 Democratic National Convention, who was charged with "conspiring to cross state lines with the intent to incite a riot"? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "The canonical list of the Wonders of the Ancient World was actually created by meshing together several Greek lists, notably those by Herodotus, Antipater of Sidon and Philon of Byzantium. How many items are on the list?"

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Very hard pop music trivia quiz.

Average Score: 6

61% knows the answer to this question: "Who used a Fender Stratocaster named Brownie to record Layla and is shown with a Stratocaster named Blackie on his Time Pieces cover? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What musical is set largely in the Kit Kat Klub, a last bastion of decadence in pre-Nazi Germany?"

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Insane Pop Music Quiz

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63% knows the answer to this question: "What jazz legend produced the movie "The Color Purple," as well as the TV shows "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" and "Mad TV"? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "The Broadway musical "Dreamgirls" was loosely based on what girl band?"

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60's Music Quiz. Only people from 60+ can answer these correctly.

Average Score: 8

70% knows the answer to this question: "Which Beach Boy co-wrote and sang back-up on Jan & Dean's hit "Surf City"? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "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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Very Hard POP Music quiz.

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48% knows the answer to this question: "Jamie Reid, who produced this band's "ransom note" debut album cover, also designed a poster of the Queen with a safety pin through her lip to promote its second single. What band is this? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Who used a Zippo lighter to play slide guitar on "All Along the Watchtower," his only Billboard Top 40 hit?"

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Less than 5% can score a perfect score in this music quiz.

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81% knows the answer to this question: "Naturally, who decided to name his first daughter Tulip Victoria, given his biggest hit and the mother's name? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Which of these is the name of both a US Revolution hero and of the Led Zeppelin bassist born John Baldwin?"

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We bet you can't even score a 4 out of 10 on this one !

Average Score: 8

76% knows the answer to this question: "Where would you most likely enjoy a six-movement dance called a hula? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "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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Impossible History Quiz. Most people can't even get 5 correctly. Can you beat that ?

Average Score: 7

86% knows the answer to this question: "On December 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty, disguised as Indians, dumped 342 chests of what substance, 45 tons in all, into Boston Harbor? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Where were Anne Boleyn and Thomas More executed, having been brought in through a water entrance called Traitor's Gate?"

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Are you a true historian? Take the challenge!

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42% knows the answer to this question: "What scandal destroyed Richard Nixon's administration? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "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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Only a true historian can score a 7 out of 10 in this trivia.

Average Score: 8

89% knows the answer to this question: "Philippe Bunau-Varilla negotiated the treaty by which Panama sold the land for this. As one of Ferdinand De Lesseps' staff, he helped build this. What? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas all (briefly) declared independence from what country, becoming the Republic of the Rio Grande?"

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You thought history was boring? Take this fun quiz!

Average Score: 6

64% knows the answer to this question: "Catherine the Great started out as an Enlightenment ruler and ended up as just another autocrat. In what country? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Who was Great Britain's longest reigning monarch?"

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Category: History, Level: Hard

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70% knows the answer to this question: "What regime united the Heer (army), Kriegsmarine (navy) and Luftwaffe (air force) into the Wehrmacht? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "The earliest hominids made tools from what form of hard quartz, known for producing the sparks that start campfires?"

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