The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1875
See what you know about the year 1875
Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
1. Romualdo Pacheco became the acting Governor of what state on February 27, 1875?
(#) California
(#) Texas
(#) New Jersey
(#) Louisiana
2. The Treaty of Saint Petersburg, which was signed on May 7, 1875, consisted of what two countries?
(#) Russia and United States
(#) Russia and Germany
(#) Russia and United Kingdom
(#) Russia and Japan
3. What horse won the first Kentucky Derby on May 17, 1875?
(#) Day Star
(#) Aristides
(#) Vagrant
(#) Baden-Baden
4. What university was founded on October 16, 1875?
(#) University of Oregon
(#) Brigham Young University
(#) University of Mississippi
(#) University of Texas
5. What post did former President Andrew Johnson hold when he passed away on July 31, 1875?
(#) Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee
(#) U.S. Ambassador to France
(#) Tennessee State Senator
(#) U.S. Senator from Tennessee
6. Matthew Webb became the first person to achieve this feat on August 25, 1875?
(#) swim the English Channel
(#) sailed the entire length of the Mississippi River
(#) walk in the entire distance of the United States
(#) score a touchdown in a collegiate football game
7. Whose opera Carmen was first performed at the Opera Comique in Paris on March 3, 1875?
(#) Victor Herbert
(#) Hector Berlioz
(#) Georges Bizet
(#) Richard Wagner
8. Where did notorious New York political boss William M. Tweed go to after he escaped from prison on December 4, 1875?
(#) Canada
(#) Cuba
(#) Venezuela
(#) Spain
9. Kwang-su became the Emperor of what country on January 12, 1875?
(#) Korea
(#) Siam
(#) China
(#) Vietnam
10. The Rutgers-Princeton Cannon War started on April 25, 1875 between two universities in what state?
(#) New York
(#) New Jersey
(#) Rhode Island
(#) Connecticut
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