Era 10 · from 1700 to 1900

Quiz: Age of revolutions

Ten questions on the 25 events of the era. If an answer doesn't convince you, open the event card.

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Which part did James Watt add to the steam engine to make it more efficient? (A separate condenser)

What made the Montgolfier brothers' balloon rise? (Hot air)

How was the metre defined? (As one ten-millionth of the distance from the North Pole to the equator)

Which Latin word does the name ‘vaccine’ come from? (Vacca)

How was Volta's battery made? (With alternating zinc and copper discs, separated by cloth soaked in salt water)

Who stops Renzo and Lucia from marrying in The Betrothed? (Don Rodrigo)

Where did the Expedition of the Thousand set out from? (From Quarto, near Genoa)

What did the Coppino law establish? (That children had to go to school from age 6 to 9)

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