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If you paid attention at school then this History quiz must be a breeze for you!

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92% knows the answer to this question: "The new industrialists built gas-lit factories close to the coalfields and rivers that powered them, and the workers followed, as cities swelled. What is the usual name for this period of British history? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "On October 18, 1867, the US took possession of what territory, which it had bought from Russia for $7.2 million, or just 2 cents an acre?"

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Take this History quiz and see how much of knowledge you have stored in you brain!

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49% knows the answer to this question: "British and German troops facing each other in Flanders declared a spontaneous and unofficial Christmastime truce in 1914, during what war? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Lord Carnarvon mysteriously died of an infected mosquito bite, after financing Howard Carter's discovery of what person's allegedly cursed tomb?"

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Average Score: 4

30% knows the answer to this question: "When was D-Day? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Differences between the Albemarle Sound settlers and those in Charleston led to what future territory being split in two?"

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Are you a real bookworm?

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63% knows the answer to this question: "What novel introduced the noun "Droogies"? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What type of literature is 2005 Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter best known for?"

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Do people call you Mr. or Ms. Know it All ? Then take this general knowledge quiz and show us what you got!

Average Score: 9

70% knows the answer to this question: "What did Charles Birdseye invent (well ... steal from the Eskimos, actually) in the 1920s? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "The US literally engineered, not only this country's canal, but the country itself. What is it?"

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Average Score: 5

42% knows the answer to this question: "What novel's two main characters, the fugitive Jean Valjean and the persistent Inspector Javert, are both based on Francois Vidocq? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Played by Max Von Sydow in the William Friedkin movie version, Father Lankester Merrin is the title character in what William Peter Blatty book?"

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63% knows the answer to this question: "The mixto sandwich also has what name, for the country where it has been popular in cigar factories and sugar mills? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Which of these would you not work out at a gym, but might instead use surgically if somebody gives birth at the gym?"

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Take this challenging General Knowledge quiz and see if you can answer them all!

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52% knows the answer to this question: "Of Gujarati descent, Ben Kingsley played what Indian leader in a film with the same name? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "For helping to win the Battle of San Jacinto, a slave named Emily Morgan is believed to have been immortalized as which state's "yellow rose"?"

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86% knows the answer to this question: "At Grauman's Chinese Theater, who scribbled "I'll be back!" next to the imprint of his size-12 boots? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What gem is a girl's best friend, especially if she is born in April?"

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Are you smarter than Einstein? Test it here!

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55% knows the answer to this question: "What famous ship's 1912 sinking was turned into an Oscar-winning 1997 blockbuster movie? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "Whom did Camilla Shand meet for the first time on a wet afternoon in 1972 at a polo field on Windsor Great Park?"

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Show us your knowledge about geography an take this challenge.

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64% knows the answer to this question: "What is Broadway famous for, especially between 42nd Street and 50th Street? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "What is the nickname for the mile and a half of boulevard, filled with clubs, that extends from West Hollywood to Beverly Hills?"

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Are you born in the 40's or 50's? Then you might have a change to get a reasonable score in this quiz.

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66% knows the answer to this question: "Kyoto is an anagram of Tokyo, and both cities were capitals of what country? "

And do you know the answer to this one? "In 1904, Longacre Square in Manhattan was renamed for a building owned by a newspaper. What is it called today?"

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