Trivia Quiz on 18th Century

1. Who painted The Naked Maja

A) Velázquez

B) Goya

C) El Greco

D) Zurbarán

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2. In the 18th century what would a pencil be

A) Quill

B) Chalk

C) Pen

D) Brush

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3. What was landscape gardener Lancelot Brown's nickname

A) Capability

B) Capable

C) Old Brown

D) Gardener Brown

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4. In 1752 Mr Blake and Callahan raced and began which sport

A) Marathon

B) Lawn tennis

C) Steeplechase

D) Rowing

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5. Who was the author of "Journal of the Plague Year"

A) Daniel defoe

B) Jonathan Swift

C) Samuel Pepys

D) Charles Dickens

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6. Where did the mutineers of the Bounty settle

A) Pitcairn Islands

B) Pitcairn Island

C) Tahiti

D) Norfolk Island

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7. Alexander Hamilton was shot by Aaron Burr where

A) In the chest

B) In the groin

C) In the shoulder

D) In the back

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8. Who was the first president of the Royal Academy

A) Sir joshua reynolds

B) Sir Anthony van Dyck

C) Sir Thomas Gainsborough

D) Sir William Hogarth

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9. Where was Bonnie Prince Charlie born

A) Edinburgh

B) Rome

C) London

D) Paris

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10. Approx 800 people died at a firework display in Paris in what year

A) 1709

B) 1742

C) 1770

D) 1803

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11. How long was the marquis de sade in prison for sexual offences

A) 14

B) 18

C) 27

D) 32

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12. What was Capability Brown's real first name

A) Lancelot

B) Lionel

C) Thomas

D) Launcelot

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13. Caroline of Ansbach was the wife of which British King?

A) George I

B) George II

C) George III

D) William IV

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14. Which English agriculturist invented the seed drill

A) Jethro Tull

B) Robert Bakewell

C) John Deere

D) Thomas Andrew Knight

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15. Who wrote Candide

A) Voltaire

B) Jean-Jacques Rousseau

C) Denis Diderot

D) Montesquieu

E) Victor Hugo

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16. An 18th century law in Britain banned the poor from having what

A) Bread

B) Tea

C) Gin - they were too pissed

D) Beer

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17. The first American advertisement for tobacco was published in what year

A) 1789

B) 1769

C) 1803

D) 1847

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18. Edward Teach became famous as who

A) Captain Kidd

B) Blackbeard the Pirate

C) Calico Jack

D) Anne Bonny

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19. Where is Bonnie Prince Charlie buried

A) Paris

B) Edinburgh

C) London

D) Rome

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20. Who was the world's longest reigning monarch

A) Louis xiv of france

B) Elizabeth II

C) Sobhuza II

D) Louis XV

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21. Which British King Was On The Throne When America Gained Independence

A) King George II

B) King George 3rd

C) King George IV

D) King William III

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22. What relation was Louis XV of France to Louis XIV

A) Grandson

B) Great-great-grandson

C) First cousin once removed

D) Great grandson

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23. What treaty ended the American revolution

A) Treaty of Versailles

B) Treaty of paris

C) Treaty of Ghent

D) Treaty of Utrecht

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24. Which British physician, 1749 to 1823, developed the first effective vaccine against smallpox

A) Edward Jenner

B) Louis Pasteur

C) Jonas Salk

D) Alexander Fleming

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25. French revolution what did the prisoners travel to the guillotine in

A) carriages

B) Tumbrels

C) carts

D) wagons

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26. Ships known as The First Fleet transported what in 1788

A) Supplies and tools for the colony

B) Convicts to Australia

C) Free settlers seeking land

D) Marines and officers bound for service

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27. Encounter on March 5, 1770, five years before the American Revolution, between British troops and a group of citizens of Boston

A) Boston Tea Party

B) Boston Massacre

C) Battle of Bunker Hill

D) Gaspee Affair

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28. When was the first republic of France was proclaimed in

A) 1789

B) 1793

C) 1804

D) 1792

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29. In 1789 Britain legally adopted what officially

A) Beheading

B) Public flogging

C) Hanging - before it was burning

D) Transportation to penal colonies

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30. Who's Christian names inc Johannes Chrysostomus Theophilus

A) Johannes Chrysostomus Theophilus Mozart

B) Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

C) Ludwig van Beethoven

D) Wolfgangus Mozart

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31. Who was jethro tull

A) Agriculturist

B) Inventor

C) Botanist

D) Engineer

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32. Captain cook lost almost half his crew in 1768 on his first voyage to ______

A) the Arctic

B) South pacific

C) the Indian Ocean

D) the Atlantic Ocean

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33. In 1779 Abraham Darby built the worlds first what

A) Metal Bridge

B) Wooden Bridge

C) Stone Arch Bridge

D) Cast Iron Bridge

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34. Soundman Who was the king of England during the American Revolution

A) George II

B) William IV

C) Charles II

D) George III

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35. Who forced 146 captured british officers into the black hole of calcutta

A) French troops

B) Mughal forces

C) Indian troops

D) Maratha raiders

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36. In the 18th century what job did a fart-catcher do

A) A footman – walk behind master

B) A court jester who performed bodily humor at dinners

C) A page who carried messages in the great hall

D) A chimney sweep who tended to the master's fireplaces and soot

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37. Samuel Johnson's dictionary was published in what year

A) 1745

B) 1760

C) 1773

D) 1755

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38. Who began her career making death masks from the severed heads of those executed by the guillotine after the French Revolution

A) Marie Antoinette

B) Madame tussaud

C) Catherine de' Medici

D) Joan of Arc

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39. Capability Brown was a famous Landscape Gardener 1st name

A) Thomas

B) Lancelot

C) Edward

D) Henry

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40. An 18th century elegant style of furniture

A) Queen Anne

B) Louis XV

C) Gustavian

D) Chippendale

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41. Jacques Garnerin made the first in 1797 the first what

A) Balloon ascent

B) First manned glider flight

C) First hot air balloon flight

D) Parachute Jump

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42. Which UK artist painted The Rakes Progress in the 1700s

A) Sir Joshua Reynolds

B) Thomas Gainsborough

C) William Hogarth

D) Joseph Wright of Derby

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43. Who was "bonnie prince charles"

A) Charles edward stuart

B) James Francis Edward Stuart

C) Charles II of England

D) Prince Charles

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44. To whom was Marie Antoinette married

A) Napoleon Bonaparte

B) Louis XIV

C) Charles X

D) Louis xvi

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45. What was Spode the first to make in 1797, by adding bone ash to hard paste porcelain

A) Soft-paste porcelain

B) Delftware

C) Bone china

D) Queen's ware

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46. In 1776 the first union went on strike in the US what job

A) Blacksmiths

B) Carpenters

C) Journeyman Printers

D) Coopers

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47. What Nationality Was Mozart

A) German

B) Czech

C) Hungarian

D) Austrian

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48. Thomas Chippendale mostly worked in what wood

A) Mahogany

B) Walnut

C) Oak

D) Maple

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49. Which king married Charlotte of Mecklenberg Strelitz

A) George IV

B) William IV

C) George II

D) George the third

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50. In which decade did Jacques Garnerin make the first parachute descent (from a balloon)

A) 1770s

B) 1780s

C) 1800s

D) 1790's

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