History
The “Revolutions that changed the world” quiz — History. It has 25 questions in five categories: America Breaks Away, France Turns, Breaking the Chains, Machines and Workers, Europe in 1989. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
On the Fourth of July, Americans mark the adoption of which founding document in Philadelphia?
What was the 1773 port protest pictured here, when colonists threw a taxed cargo into the water?
Who, shown here crossing…
In the gameWhich French marquis crossed…
In the gameWhich American victory in…
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On 14 July 1789, crowds stormed which Paris fortress, pictured here?
What is the blade-and-frame execution device pictured here, adopted by revolutionary France?
Which general seized power…
In the gameWhich leading figure of…
In the gameWho wrote the 1791…
In the gameA successful revolt by enslaved people gave birth to which Caribbean nation in 1804?
Which plantation crop, pictured here, supplied the sweet export that made Saint-Domingue rich?
Which formerly enslaved commander…
In the gameWhich mosquito-borne viral disease…
In the gameWhich general declared the…
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What black rock, pictured here, fed the furnaces of Britain's nineteenth-century factories and locomotives?
What machine, pictured here, turned heated water into power for mills, mines and trains?
Which Hargreaves invention of…
In the gameWhat was the glass-and-iron…
In the gameWhich English textile workers…
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Which barrier, pictured here, ceased dividing a German city when crossings opened in November 1989?
Which Polish trade union, born at the Gdańsk shipyard, became a rallying point for democracy?
What name did the…
In the gameWhich East German city…
In the gameWhat was the August…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.