Year | Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1953 | This infamous Soviet leader suffers a stroke and dies | Joseph Stalin | 95%
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1965 | This former British Prime Minister dies, aged 90 | Winston Churchill | 86%
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1957 | UK Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns after a disastrous mishandling of the crisis in this Egyptian canal | Suez Canal | 85%
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1962 | This actress is found dead from an overdose, with the incident officially ruled a probable suicide | Marilyn Monroe | 84%
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1971 | The first location of this popular coffee shop chain opens in Seattle, Washington | Starbucks | 83%
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1985 | This soda drink changes its formula to overwhelmingly negative response | Coca Cola | 82%
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1997 | Princess Diana is killed in a car crash in this European capital city | Paris | 82%
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1956 | This artist enters the United States music charts for the first time | Elvis Presley | 80%
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1974 | US President Richard Nixon resigns following pressure in the wake of this government scandal | Watergate | 80%
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1969 | This NASA program successfully lands a manned spacecraft on the moon for the first time ever | Apollo | 79%
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1979 | Lord Mountbatten of Burma is assassinated in Ireland by this paramilitary group | IRA | 79%
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1982 | Argentina and the United Kingdom go to war over these islands in the south Atlantic ocean | Falkland Islands | 78%
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1966 | England hosts and wins this sporting tournament, for the first and only time | FIFA World Cup | 78%
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2005 | The first ever video on this popular website is uploaded | YouTube | 78%
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1994 | The final vestige of apartheid in South Africa is ended upon the election of this president | Nelson Mandela | 77%
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2014 | An outbreak of this virus begins in West Africa | Ebola | 76%
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2007 | Steve Jobs reveals this product at an event in San Francisco | iPhone | 76%
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1958 | This former general is elected President of France | Charles de Gaulle | 75%
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2016 | David Cameron announces his resignation as Prime Minister after the United Kingdom votes to exit this economic union. | European Union | 75%
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2004 | This social networking website is launched for Harvard University students | 75%
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1977 | This landmark science fiction film is released in cinemas, instantly becoming a hit | Star Wars | 75%
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1990 | This long-standing British Prime Minister resigns after a leadership challenge | Margaret Thatcher | 74%
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2001 | George W. Bush declares a "war" on this, following the September 11th terrorist attacks | War on Terror | 74%
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1981 | This popular video game character makes his first appearance | Mario | 73%
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2015 | The first detailed photos of this dwarf planet are taken by the NASA New Horizons space probe | Pluto | 73%
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2021 | This militant group regains power in Afghanistan | Taliban | 73%
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2009 | This film is released, eventually becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time | Avatar | 71%
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1960 | Multiple African colonies gain independence from the United Kingdom, as well as this Mediterranean island | Cyprus | 71%
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2018 | Women in Saudi Arabia gain the right to do this | Drive | 71%
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2013 | This Pope is elected upon the resignation of Benedict XVI | Pope Francis | 71%
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2003 | The US invasion of Iraq leads to the capture of this leader in December | Saddam Hussein | 69%
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1996 | In Scotland, this sheep is the first to be successfully cloned from an adult cell | Dolly the Sheep | 68%
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1989 | Protests break out in this Beijing city square | Tiananmen Square | 68%
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1975 | The Vietnam War ends with the capture of this city, now known as Ho Chi Minh City | Saigon | 67%
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1999 | Bill Clinton is acquitted by a Senate impeachment trial, held in the wake of a scandal in which it was discovered he had lied about having an affair with this White House intern | Monica Lewinsky | 66%
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1961 | This man becomes the first human to visit space, orbiting the planet once | Yuri Gagarin | 66%
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2017 | This region of Spain declares independence following a referendum, but is not recognized by any nation | Catalonia | 65%
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1995 | This Canadian province narrowly votes against becoming independent | Quebec | 63%
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1976 | This freestanding structure opens in Toronto, Canada, the tallest at the time | CN Tower | 61%
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1984 | This now-common device is first available for consumer purchase | Mobile phone | 61%
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1986 | The Space Shuttle program is put on hiatus after this disaster | Challenger disaster | 60%
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1972 | British troops fire on unarmed civilians in Derry, Northern Ireland, in an event known as this | Bloody Sunday | 59%
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1955 | Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat for a white passenger in this Alabama city | Montgomery | 59%
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1987 | The first appearance of this cartoon airs on The Tracey Ullman Show | The Simpsons | 59%
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2010 | The Winter Olympics are held in this Canadian city | Vancouver | 59%
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1964 | The Beatles top the charts in the United States for the first time, leading to this cultural phenomenon | Beatlemania | 58%
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1993 | This former nation ceases to exist, splitting into two sovereign states | Czechoslovakia | 58%
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2019 | Taiwan is the first country in Asia to legalize this | Gay marriage | 58%
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1954 | The United States Supreme Court rules that this educational practice is unconstitutional | Segregated schools | 58%
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1980 | This stratovolcano in Washington state erupts, killing 57 people | Mount St. Helens | 57%
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2011 | This Libyan leader is overthrown and killed as part of the "Arab Spring" protests | Muammar Gaddafi | 57%
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2006 | This video game console is released by Nintendo | Wii | 57%
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1983 | The final episode of this American war dramedy airs | M*A*S*H* | 55%
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2000 | A massive effort the previous year to update computer systems mean this 'end of the world' conspiracy theory doesn't come to pass | Y2K | 55%
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1988 | This infamous terrorist group is founded | Al-Qaeda | 53%
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1992 | This Irish singer-songwriter protests the Catholic Church's coverup of sex abuse by ripping up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live | Sinead O'Connor | 52%
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1998 | This landmark Irish peace agreement is signed and voted in favour of by citizens of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland | Good Friday Agreement | 50%
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1959 | Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper are killed in a plane crash, an event later referred to as this by singer Don McLean | The Day The Music Died | 48%
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2022 | This former world leader is assassinated during a campaign stop in Japan | Shinzo Abe | 45%
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2002 | This European nation joins the United Nations, after rejecting a place in 1986 | Switzerland | 43%
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1963 | This popular science fiction show debuts for the first time, one day after President Kennedy's assassination | Doctor Who | 42%
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1991 | Invented in the previous two years by Tim Berners-Lee, this creation is released to the public for the first time | World Wide Web | 41%
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1952 | This Canadian state broadcaster begins transmitting | CBC | 40%
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2020 | The COVID-19 pandemic impacts the American Presidential election, leading to a large amount of these ballots | Mail-in ballots | 40%
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1970 | This African nation severs its remaining ties to the United Kingdom, becoming an unrecognized republic | Rhodesia | 32%
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2012 | CERN announces the discovery of this particle through collisions in the Large Hadron Collider | Higgs boson | 28%
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1968 | In the same month that Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated, British politician Enoch Powell makes this infamous speech in Birmingham, UK | Rivers of Blood | 23%
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2008 | The Great Recession is triggered by a collapse of the housing bubble, primarily due to this mortgage type | Subprime mortgages | 23%
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1973 | This performing arts venue is opened by Queen Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction | Sydney Opera House | 17%
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1967 | This Australian Prime Minister disappears whilst swimming at Cheviot Beach | Harold Holt | 14%
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1978 | John Paul I dies after only 33 days as Pope, leading to the first instance of this since 1605 | Year of Three Popes | 12%
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