Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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1942 | This naval battle, ending in significant losses of the Japanese fleet and aircraft carriers, begins | Battle of Midway | 100%
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1989 | Protests in Beijing are suppressed near this square | Tiananmen Square | 100%
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1940 | Who announces to the House of Commons that Britain would "fight on the beaches" and other places? | Winston Churchill | 100%
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1961 | At the Vienna Conference, a crisis begins over rights of access to this city | Berlin | 89%
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1932 | A short-lived Socialist Republic is proclaimed in this South American country | Chile | 89%
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1946 | This general begins his first term as President of Argentina | Juan Perón | 89%
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1783 | First public demonstration of flight by the Montgolfier brothers by means of what? | Hot air balloon | 78%
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1878 | By the Cyprus Convention, what power loses administrative control over Cyprus? | Ottoman Empire | 78%
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1970 | Which Polynesian country gains independence? | Tonga | 56%
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1867 | Birth of Finnish wartime president, leader of the Whites in the Civil War | Carl Gustaf Mannerheim | 33%
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1805 | First Barbary War: peace is signed between the USA and a state surrounding which North African city? | Tripoli | 33%
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1916 | This WWI Offensive by the Russians against Austria-Hungary begins, named after the Southwestern Front commander. Tactical success, serious losses | {Brusilov} Offensive | 22%
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1913 | This British suffragette is trampled by a horse at the Derby race | Emily Davison | 22%
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1134 | The Battle of Fotevik takes place as part of a succession war in Denmark. Who wins it and subsequently becomes king? | Erik II the Memorable | 22%
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1745 | Which military commander triumphs at the Battle of Hohenfriedberg/Dobromierz/Striegau? | Frederick the Great | 22%
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1979 | In this African country, the Supreme Military Council is overthrown and Jerry Rawlings begins his first presidential term | Ghana | 22%
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1942 | This Nazi is killed in Prague | Reinhard Heydrich | 22%
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1926 | This man becomes President of Poland, a position he would hold until 30 September 1939 | Ignacy Mościcki | 11%
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1943 | A coup against Ramón Castillo ends this period of Argentine history | {Infamous} Decade | 11%
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1968 | The first museum in the world dedicated to this type of art opens in Poland | Poster | 11%
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