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Born In The 1700s Trivia Quiz

This quiz involves famous people in history who were born in the 1700s.

A multiple-choice quiz by Leapday. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Leapday

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
9,667

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
3345

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Question 1 of 15

1. This Swiss-French philosopher born in 1712, wrote 'Social Contract', and 'Emile' among other works. He was said to have influenced Kant, Goethe, Robespierre and the French Revolutionists. Hint

Jean Moliere

Francois Voltaire

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Victor Hugo

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Question 2 of 15

2. The movie about this famous composer of 'The Marriage of Figaro' and 'Don Giovanni,' won an Academy Award for Best Picture in 1984. Hint

Schubert

Brahms

Mozart

Bach

3. In 1804, this American naval officer was the leader of a daring raid into Tripoli Harbor to burn the captured U.S. frigate 'Philadelphia.' In the War of 1812, he led the capture of the British ship 'Macedonian.' Hint

John Paul Jones

Stephen Decatur

George Dewey

David Farragut

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Question 4 of 15

4. This Italian composer is known for having composed the opera 'William Tell,' and the comic opera 'The Barber of Seville.' Hint

Mozart

Verdi

Rossini

Puccini

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Question 5 of 15

5. Born in 1706, this famous American went to Philadephia as a printer and is known for 'Poor Richard's Almanack'. He also helped establish an academy that became the University of Pennsylvania and served from 1753-74 as the deputy postmaster general of the colonies. Hint

Alexander Hamilton

Benjamin Franklin

Aaron Burr

Thomas Jefferson

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Question 6 of 15

6. Prior to becoming President, this man was a leading Jeffersonian and drew up the Virginia resolutions which protested the Alien and Sedition Acts. The War of 1812 was one of the chief events of this President's Administration. Hint

John Adams

Martin Van Buren

James Monroe

James Madison

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Question 7 of 15

7. This Shoshone woman, born in 1784, helped guide the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Hint

Sacajawea

Mary Clark

Pocahontas

Liluokalani

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Question 8 of 15

8. This religious visionary born in 1736 became the American founder of the Shakers. Hint

Mary Baker Eddy

Ann Lee

Joseph Smith

John Wesley

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Question 9 of 15

9. This American railroad magnate founded a university in Nashville, Tennessee. Hint

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Andrew Carnegie

J.P. Morgan

Andrew Mellon

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Question 10 of 15

10. This Scottish economist wrote 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations', published in 1776. Hint

John Kenneth Galbraith

Paul Samuelson

John Maynard Keynes

Adam Smith

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Question 11 of 15

11. This Austrian composer, who wrote over 100 symphonies, served for 29 years as the musical director to the princes Esterhazy. Hint

Mozart

Schubert

Beethoven

Haydn

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Question 12 of 15

12. In 1775, this American led the Green Mountain Boys at the capture of Fort Ticonderoga. Hint

Ethan Allen

Patrick Henry

Nathan Hale

Paul Revere

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Question 13 of 15

13. This Swedish botanist born in 1707 is considered the originator of modern scientific classification of plants and animals. Hint

Dmitri Mendeleev

Antony Van Leeuwenhoek

Melvil Dewey

Carolus Linnaeus

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Question 14 of 15

14. This woman born c. 1797 who became a freed slave, traveled throughout the North preaching emancipation and women's rights. Hint

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Mary McCleod Bethune

Harriet Tubman

Sojourner Truth

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Question 15 of 15

15. This English scientist laid the foundations of classical field theory, later developed by James Clerk Maxwell. He also developed the first dynamo. Hint

Samuel Morse

Guglielmo Marconi

Michael Faraday

Alexander Graham Bell

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This Swiss-French philosopher born in 1712, wrote 'Social Contract', and 'Emile' among other works. He was said to have influenced Kant, Goethe, Robespierre and the French Revolutionists.

Answer: Jean Jacques Rousseau

Rousseau was one of the great figures of the French Enlightenment. The novel 'Emile' expounds on his theory that education involves drawing out what is already in the child rather than imparting knowledge.

2. The movie about this famous composer of 'The Marriage of Figaro' and 'Don Giovanni,' won an Academy Award for Best Picture in 1984.

Answer: Mozart

By age 13, Mozart had written operettas, sonatas, symphonies and concertos. After a brilliant career, he died in 1791 at only 35 years of age.

Answer: Stephen Decatur

Decatur was mortally wounded in a duel with James Barron and died in 1820.

4. This Italian composer is known for having composed the opera 'William Tell,' and the comic opera 'The Barber of Seville.'

Answer: Rossini

Rossini's parents were both musicians, and he began his career in childhood as a singer.

Answer: Benjamin Franklin

After a lifetime of numerous accomplishments, one of Franklin's last great public services was his attendance at the Federal Constitutional Convention in 1787.

Answer: James Madison

The unpopular war of 1812 was sometimes referred to as 'Mr. Madison's War.'

7. This Shoshone woman, born in 1784, helped guide the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Answer: Sacajawea

Sometimes known as 'Bird Woman,' she proved extremely useful to Lewis and Clark as a guide and interpreter.

8. This religious visionary born in 1736 became the American founder of the Shakers.

Answer: Ann Lee

The first Shaker settlement in America was founded at Watervliet, New York in 1776.

9. This American railroad magnate founded a university in Nashville, Tennessee.

Answer: Cornelius Vanderbilt

By 1867, Vanderbilt had gained control of the New York Central RR and by 1873 had connected Chicago with NY City by rail.

10. This Scottish economist wrote 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations', published in 1776.

Answer: Adam Smith

Although some of his theories may not have been proved accurate by the experience of the Industrial Revolution, his influence on later economists was great.

11. This Austrian composer, who wrote over 100 symphonies, served for 29 years as the musical director to the princes Esterhazy.

Answer: Haydn

Haydn also composed over 80 string quartets and over 50 sonatas.

12. In 1775, this American led the Green Mountain Boys at the capture of Fort Ticonderoga.

Answer: Ethan Allen

Ethan Allen promoted independence and statehood for Vermont. Interestingly, Benedict Arnold was also a leader of the Green Mountain Boys!

13. This Swedish botanist born in 1707 is considered the originator of modern scientific classification of plants and animals.

Answer: Carolus Linnaeus

Linnaeus wrote more than 180 works including 'Systema Naturae' and 'Genera Plantarum.'

14. This woman born c. 1797 who became a freed slave, traveled throughout the North preaching emancipation and women's rights.

Answer: Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth spoke very eloquently despite not being able to read and write.

15. This English scientist laid the foundations of classical field theory, later developed by James Clerk Maxwell. He also developed the first dynamo.

Answer: Michael Faraday

Faraday's Law states that the number of moles of substance produced at an electrode during electroloysis is directly proportional to the number of moles of electrons transferred at that electrode.

Source: Author Leapday

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