Hammerhistory

Eight questions

The history quiz

Every answer appears somewhere in the articles on this site. Answers are explained once you submit.

What triggered the great Northeast blackout of November 1965?

1. What triggered the great Northeast blackout of November 1965?

Which volcano's 1815 eruption caused 'the year without a summer'?

2. Which volcano's 1815 eruption caused 'the year without a summer'?

Shays' Rebellion helped convince American leaders to do what?

3. Shays' Rebellion helped convince American leaders to do what?

Roughly when did Prague's Astronomical Clock first begin running?

4. Roughly when did Prague's Astronomical Clock first begin running?

Why was control of salt roads so valuable before refrigeration?

5. Why was control of salt roads so valuable before refrigeration?

What was the United States Coast Survey, founded in 1807?

6. What was the United States Coast Survey, founded in 1807?

Which famous novel was begun during the rainy, volcanic summer of 1816?

7. Which famous novel was begun during the rainy, volcanic summer of 1816?

What happened to reported crime in New York City during the 1965 blackout?

8. What happened to reported crime in New York City during the 1965 blackout?