Statistics for Random History Knowledge #2

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
2603-2578 B.C; This statue is erected for Pharaoh Khafre.	Sphinx	92%
1582; This Calendar is adopted and is still in use to this day.	Gregorian Calendar	85%
1066; during the battle of Hastings, this king died to the army of William the Bastard/conqueror	Harold Godwinson	77%
1865; This Clan is founded on Christmas in Tennessee	Ku Klux Klan	69%
1941; beginning on the construction of this building which was attacked on its 60th birthday of its groundbreaking	Pentagon	31%
732; This battle halted the Islamic conquest of Europe.	Battle of Tours	23%
2008-2012; President of Russia during Putin's break from presidency.	Dmitry Medvedev	23%
1975; Biggest dam accident in history, killing around 175k people and 11 million people lost their homes.	Banqiao Reservoir Dam	15%
1654; 2nd smallest country to ever establish a colony does so in Tobago.	Courland	15%
2nd century; this christian sect which promotes "holy nudism" appears in Northern Africa.	Adamitism	8%
1940; This fighter Ace with the most confirmed kills in history flies for the Luftwaffe for the first time.	Erich Hartmann	8%
1984; Beginning of construction on this river system in Libya.	Great Man-Made River	8%
867; this dynasty assumes power in the byzantine empire under Basil the 1st "the Macedonian"	Macedonian Dynasty	8%
1896;This future Ethiopian Emperor leads his army into the battle of Adwa.	Menelik II	8%
1119; this military order is founded to protect pilgrims going to jerusalem	The Knights Templars	8%