Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1973 – Which album recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run ? | The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd | 75%
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1920 – Which country is added to the Soviet Union ? | Azerbaijan | 63%
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1966 – Todd Anthony Shaw, American rapper, producer and actor is born. What is his stage name ? | Too Short | 63%
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1947 – Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia. What was their vessel called ? | Kon-Tiki | 50%
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2001 - Dennis Tito becomes the world's first what ? | Space Tourist | 50%
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1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for which island ? | Pitcairn Island | 38%
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1986 – The United States Navy aircraft carrier "USS Enterprise" becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit which canal ? | Suez Canal | 38%
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1996 – Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a videotaped testimony for the defense lasting how long ? | 4½ hours | 25%
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1881 – Which outlaw escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico ? | Billy the Kid | 25%
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2018 - The Indian government announces that what has now reached every Indian village ? | Electricity | 25%
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1611 – Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, the largest Catholic university in the world, in which country ? | Philippines | 25%
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1869 – Laborers working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay how many miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched ? | Ten | 13%
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1923 – Wembley Stadium is opened, by what was it initially known ? | The Empire Stadium | 13%
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1965 – US troops land in which country to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" ? | Dominican Republic | 0%
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1910 – Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins a "long distance" air race between which two cities ? | London to Manchester | 0%
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