Trivia Quiz on 17th Century

1. The Adventure Gallery was whose ship

A) Captain James Cook

B) Captain Kidd

C) Captain Henry Morgan

D) Captain Blackbeard

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2. Where was the first police force established in 1667

A) London

B) Madrid

C) Paris

D) Venice

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3. Who was the first English Poet Laureate in 1616

A) John Donne

B) Samuel Daniel

C) George Chapman

D) Benjamin Jonson

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4. With which 17th century plot was Francis Tresham associated

A) Rye House Plot

B) Main Plot

C) Gunpowder plot

D) Popish Plot

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5. Who was the final mayflower survivor

A) Mary allerton cushman

B) William Bradford

C) Miles Standish

D) John Alden

E) Priscilla Mullins

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6. What is a peruke

A) A wig

B) A hat

C) A hairpiece

D) A beard

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7. In The Pilgrim's Progress, which city of Christian's final destination

A) Celestial city

B) Heavenly City

C) New Jerusalem

D) City of Destruction

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8. Whose last words were supposed to have been 'Let not poor Nelly starve'

A) Charles I

B) Louis XIV

C) Charles ii

D) George II

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9. In 1666 Jesuit Bark was used as a prevention against what

A) Smallpox

B) Dysentery

C) Plague

D) Malaria

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10. The Monument In The City Of London Is A Monument To Which Event

A) The Great Fire Of London

B) The Battle of Hastings

C) The signing of the Magna Carta

D) The Battle of Trafalgar

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11. Samuel Sewall, John Hathome and William, Stoughton were the presiding judges at which series of 17th Century trials

A) Massachusetts Bay witchcraft trials

B) Salem witch trials

C) Witchcraft trials in Boston

D) The Salem Village witch hunts

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12. What is the general designation for the period in English history from 1640 to 1660

A) English Civil War

B) English Revolution

C) Glorious Revolution

D) Commonwealth

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13. In What Famous Event In World History Did "Thomas Farynor" Play A Fundmental Role

A) The French Revolution

B) The Boston Tea Party

C) The Defenestration of Prague

D) The Great Fire Of London (Baker)

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14. Israel Tongue and who else devised the "Popish Plot"

A) Henry Garnet

B) Titus oates

C) William Bedloe

D) Edward Coleman

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15. What was the title of Oliver Cromwell when he was head of the Commonwealth

A) Commander-in-Chief

B) President of the Commonwealth

C) King of England

D) Lord protector

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16. What does 'the monument' in london commemorate

A) Opening of the London Underground

B) The Battle of Britain

C) The Great Plague of London

D) Great fire of london

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17. Before 1687 clocks never had what

A) Second hands

B) Hour hands

C) Minute hands

D) Alarm mechanisms

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18. With what invention is the name James Oughtred associated

A) The telescope

B) Slide rule

C) The abacus

D) The steam engine

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19. Who once famously said "Paint me warts and all"?

A) Winston Churchill

B) George Washington

C) Oliver Cromwell

D) Napoleon Bonaparte

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20. The 'Grand Pensionary' was the most important official of which country during the time of the United Provinces?

A) The Netherlands

B) Holland

C) Friesland

D) Zeeland

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21. Charles l was brought to trial in which year

A) 1648

B) 1649

C) 1644

D) 1650

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22. Jack Ketch 1663 1686 had what job

A) Guillotine operator

B) Beadle

C) Hangman

D) Jailer

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23. Who wrote Sleeping beauty, Mother Goose, Puss in Boots

A) Brothers Grimm

B) Hans Christian Andersen

C) George MacDonald

D) Charles Perrault

E) J. R. R. Tolkien

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24. Who took the title "Lord Protector of the Commonwelth of England, Scotland, and Ireland" ?

A) Oliver Cromwell

B) Thomas Fairfax

C) George Monck

D) Charles I

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25. In 1647, the English parliament passed a law that: Let Prisoners spend Christmas At Home, Gave Santa Immunity To Burglary, Made Christmas An Official Holday, Made Christmas Illegal

A) Forbade Christmas celebrations nationwide and mandated work on December 25.

B) Instituted Christmas as a royal holiday with state parades.

C) Ended the practice of Christmas caroling.

D) Made Christmas Illegal

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26. In which Massachusetts town were 20 people executed for witchcraft in 1692

A) Ipswich

B) Plymouth

C) Andover

D) Salem

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27. In What Year Did The Great Fire Of London Occur

A) 1665

B) 1667

C) 1656

D) 1666

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28. Who Wrote A Famous Diary Between 1660 & 1669?

A) John Evelyn

B) Jonathan Swift

C) Daniel Defoe

D) Samuel Pepys

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29. Which French king was known as the Sun King ?

A) Louis XVI

B) Louis XIV

C) Louis XV

D) Napoleon Bonaparte

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30. Sir Henry Morgan was a famous 17th century___?

A) Buccaneer

B) Pirate

C) Corsair

D) Freebooter

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31. In the 17th Century, how did Matthew Hopkins become known and feared

A) A notorious persecutor who led mass witch hunts in East Anglia

B) A famed judge who organized public hangings and trials of witches

C) A propagandist who spread anti-witchcraft pamphlets nationwide

D) The Witchfinder General. He hung 60 witches

E) A religious reformer who burned witches across England

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32. In 1613 Who Did Pocahontas Marry

A) Captain John Smith

B) Sir Thomas Dale

C) John Rolfe

D) George Percy

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33. Which King Wore Two Shirts At His Execution So As Not To Shiver And Appear Frightened?

A) Charles I

B) Charles II

C) Henry VIII

D) Louis XIV

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34. What Was Judge Jefferies Nickname ?

A) The Hanging Judge

B) The Bloody Judge

C) Judge of the Bloody Assizes

D) The Scaffold Master

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35. In which century were bananas first sold in London?

A) 15th

B) 16th

C) 18th

D) 17th

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