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General Knowledge Quiz

Average Score: 7

90% knows the answer to this question: "When Egypt lent the remains of Ramses II to France, the mummy was issued a passport. What was listed as his occupation? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "No, William Stewart did not say, "We can close the books on infectious diseases." But what position did he hold from 1965-69, when he supposedly said it?"

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Average Score: 5

32% knows the answer to this question: "A Chinese eunuch named Cai Lun (or Ts'ai Lun) is credited with using bark, hemp, rags and fishnets to invent something in 105 AD. What? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Named for Friedrich Mohs and determined with a sclerometer, what does the Mohs scale measure?"

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Share if you can handle a defeat in this History quiz!

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Average Score: 6

74% knows the answer to this question: "After the southerners walked out, the Democrats lost quorum and couldn't nominate anybody for president, until eventually the northern wing backed Stephen Douglas and the southern wing backed John Breckinridge, splitting the vote and making what Republican president? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "In 2001, Hannelore Kohl killed herself with sleeping pills, having been tormented by a painful sensitivity to sunlight. Her husband once ran what country?"

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Can you own this History quiz?

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95% knows the answer to this question: "Who was head of the Syrian Computer Club and studied ophthalmology at the University of Damascus, only to end up running Syria after his brother died in a 1994 car crash? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "In 2011, Sarah Palin seemed to think that what patriot was ringin' bells and firin' shots to warn the British that they better not take Americans' guns?"

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Don't come crying if you fail in this Music quiz!

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58% knows the answer to this question: "Dr Luke and Max Martin originally wrote "Since U Been Gone" for Pink, but it instead became a huge hit for what American Idol winner? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "The South African a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo added vocals to whose song "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes"?"

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46% knows the answer to this question: "Who played both Joseph Wladislaw in The Dirty Dozen and Bernardo O'Reilly in The Magnificent Seven, making him the only star in both films? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What film was based on the passengers who tried to take back the cockpit of their hijacked plane on 9/11?"

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Can you get at least 50% correct in this Art quiz?

Average Score: 6

55% knows the answer to this question: "Manet's Luncheon on the Grass, in which a nude is surrounded by clothed men, is set in what park, which has been a traditional place to pick up prostitutes? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "David Herbert's sculpture Monolith is an 8-foot VHS cassette of what film?"

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47% knows the answer to this question: "Carrots were part of the British cover story to conceal the existence of what invention, which led to the microwave ovens in which we can cook carrots today? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "A cord is 128 cubic feet of something. What?"

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Average Score: 4

74% knows the answer to this question: "By what nickname is French midfielder Zinedine Zidane known? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "How many points is a rugby penalty kick worth? "

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History Quiz

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Average Score: 8

39% knows the answer to this question: "In 1770, what 14-yr-old married the future Louis XVI in the Palace of Versailles? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What title wasn't used in Egypt until the 18th Dynasty, which was roughly from 1500 to 1300 BCE?"

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Average Score: 7

53% knows the answer to this question: "The Secret Service was powerless when what wildlife attacked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as she left a Malawi airport in 2012? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Whose failed strategy for the Battle of Big Horn mostly involved kidnapping Indian woman and children, whom he'd use as human shields?"

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78% knows the answer to this question: "Which of these is not one of an octopus's defense mechanisms? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "When I was 25, I had already become a general and dumped Desiree Cleary for an older woman named Josephine de Beauharnais. Who am I?"

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