Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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1982 | Following an attempted assassination, Israel invades this country | Lebanon | 86%
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1644 | This Chinese city falls to the Qing | Beijing | 71%
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1801 | In the treaty of Badajoz, Spain makes peace with this country, receiving territory | Portugal | 71%
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1513 | Battle of Novara: Milanese-Swiss victory results in the withdrawal of this country's forces from Italy | France | 57%
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1523 | This union of countries officially ends with the election of Gustav Vasa as king | Kalmar Union | 57%
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1391 | Massacre of an estimated 4000 Jews in this Spanish city | Seville | 57%
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1901 | Birth of Indonesian politician who served as president 1945-1967 | Sukarno | 57%
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1844 | Founding of this organisation for males, the subject of a song by the Village People | YMCA | 57%
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1654 | This Swedish queen abdicates the throne, subsequently moves to the Vatican | Kristina | 43%
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1944 | With the landing of Allied troops in Normandy, this 'Operation' begins | Operation {Overlord} | 43%
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1888 | Britain annexes this island, now an Australian external territory | Christmas Island | 29%
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1832 | The National Guard puts down this Parisian rebellion, depicted in Les Misérables | June Rebellion | 29%
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1875 | Birth of German writer, Nobel recipient, best known for 'The Magic Mountain' | Thomas Mann | 29%
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1867 | In France, Antoni Berezowski attempts to kill this visiting ruler | Alexander II Romanov | 14%
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1861 | Death in office of this man, first Prime Minister of Italy | Camillo Benso | 14%
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1832 | Death of English philosopher, founder of utilitarianism | Jeremy Bentham | 14%
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1502 | Birth of this Portuguese king who introduced the Inquisition and took control of Macau | João III | 14%
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1762 | Seven Years' War: British begin a siege of this North American port city | Havana | 0%
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1749 | Discovery of a slave revolt planned for 29 June in this small country | Malta | 0%
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1916 | Death of Chinese general who became the first president of Republican China and briefly made himself Emperor | Yuan Shikai | 0%
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