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Statistics for This Year in History - 1889
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- This quiz has been taken 20 times
- The average score is 11 of 18
Answer Stats
| Date | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| January 15th | This new beverage company is incorporated as part of the Pemberton Medicine Company | Coca-Cola | 88%
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| May 6th | This new monument is unveiled in Paris for the 1889 World's Fair | Eiffel Tower | 88%
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| April 20th | This infamous person is born, who would commit suicide almost exactly 56 years later | Adolf Hitler | 81%
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| June 6th | A fire ravages through the downtown of this Pacific Northwest city | Seattle | 81%
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| February 11th | The House of Peers meet for the first time in this country, following the adoption of its Meiji Constitution | Japan | 75%
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| February 22nd | Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting four new states to the Union. Name any of them | North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, or Washington | 75%
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| November 19th | The modern day flag of this country is adopted, bearing the words "Order and Progress" in their native language | Brazil | 69%
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| November 20th | This new invention is debuted in San Francisco, famous for its construction as a partially automated, coin-operated, music-playing device | Jukebox | 69%
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| November 14th | American journalist Nellie Bly begins her attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days, inspired by a novel from this author | Jules Verne | 69%
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| October 6th | This famous windmill-topped cabaret opens its doors for the first time in Paris | Moulin Rouge | 69%
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| March 4th | This new Republican President is inaugurated | Benjamin Harrison | 56%
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| December 6th | This former President of the Confederate States of America dies | Jefferson Davis | 50%
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| September 23rd | This company is founded in Kyoto, producing and marketing trading cards | Nintendo | 50%
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| July 8th | The first issue of this second-largest newspaper in the United States is published, now famous for its collaboration with Dow Jones & Company | Wall Street Journal | 50%
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| October 6th | German geologist Hans Meyer and Austrian Mountaineer Ludwig Purtscheller are the first to summit this famous mountain | Mount Kilimanjaro | 44%
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| June | This famous painting is made in Southern France, inspired by the view from the east-facing window of an asylum | Starry Night | 38%
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| January 22nd | This famous record company is founded, that would later sign such artists as Billie Holiday, AC/DC, and Blink-182 | Columbia Records | 31%
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| August 6th | This famous hotel in London is established, that would hold such guests as Frank Sinatra, Charlie Chaplin, and Harry Truman | Savoy Hotel | 31%
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