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<h1>The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1888</h1><p>See what you know about the year 1888</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/mrbadgerhawkeye.shtml">Mr. Badger Hawkeye</a></p><br>1. What institution was founded in Washington D.C. on January 27, 1888?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) American Red Cross</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) National Geographic Society</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sons of the American Revolution</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Smithsonian Institution</div>
<br>2. What country abolished the last remnants of slavery on May 13, 1888?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) China</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Brazil</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) South Africa</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) United States</div>
<br>3. Who was crowned the Emperor of the German Empire on June 15, 1888?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Frederick Wilhelm IV</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Frederick III</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Wilhelm I</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Wilhelm II</div>
<br>4. Who was nominated to be the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1888 presidential election?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Thomas A. Hendricks</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Levi P. Morton</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Adlai E. Stevenson</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) John A. Logan</div>
<br>5. What trademark name did George Eastman register on September 4, 1888?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Crayola</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Coca Cola</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Kodak</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) U.S. Steel</div>
<br>6. What officially opened to the general public on October 9, 1888?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lincoln Memorial</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Statue of Liberty</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) the White House</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Washington Monument</div>
<br>7. Who won the popular vote in the 1888 Presidential Election?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) William McKinley</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Grover Cleveland</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Benjamin Harrison</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Chester A. Arthur</div>
<br>8. What famous artist, during a bout with mental illness, cut off the lower part of his own left ear on December 23, 1888?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Edouard Manet</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Vincent van Gogh</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Claude Monet</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Paul Cezanne</div>
<br>9. In what city did the infamous killer Jack the Ripper strike during the late summer and fall of 1888?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Paris, France</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New York, New York</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) San Francisco, California</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) London, the United Kingdom</div>
<br>10. What famous poem was published on June 3, 1888?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Paul Revere's Ride</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Casey at the Bat</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The Autumn Wind</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The New Colossus</div>
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