Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1849 - Walter Hunt of New York sold the rights of his patent for $400, what did he invent ? | Safety Pin | 83%
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1971 – In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. national sports team from which sport for a week-long visit ? | Table Tennis | 83%
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2019 – Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first ever image of what ? | A Black Hole | 75%
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1809 – Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade where ? | Bavaria | 67%
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1968 – The ferry "TEV Wahine" sinks in which harbour due to a fierce storm ? | Wellington, New Zealand | 58%
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1912 - RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton for her maiden (and final) voyage under the charge of Captain who ? | Edward Smith | 50%
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1877 - Which circus act is performed for the first time in London ? | Human Cannonball | 50%
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1868 – At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. 700 Ethiopians are killed , how many British / Indian soldiers perish ? | Two | 50%
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1939 – Which charity's "Big Book" is first published ? | Alcoholics Anonymous | 42%
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2009 – President Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis in which island nation ? | Fiji | 33%
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1973 – Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm, killing 108 people, on approach to which city ? | Basel, Switzerland | 25%
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1500 – Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to which nations authorities ? | France | 25%
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1970 – Who announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons ? | Paul McCartney | 25%
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1991 – A tropical storm develops and is the first to be documented by satellites, in which ocean ? | Atlantic | 17%
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1407 – Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama visits the Ming dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded the which title ? | Great Treasure Prince | 8%
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