Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1948 – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in which city ? | Bogota | 67%
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1991 – Which country declares independence from the Soviet Union ? | Georgia | 67%
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1947 – The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and which other state ? | Kansas | 67%
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1969 – Which British-built aircraft makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford ? | BAC Concorde | 56%
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1682 – Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of which river, claiming it for France ? | Mississippi | 56%
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1957 – Which canal is cleared of debris and opened to shipping ? | Suez Canal | 56%
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1440 – Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of which country ? | Denmark | 44%
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2005 – Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at the Guildhall in which town ? | Windsor | 33%
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1388 – Forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Näfels, despite being outnumbered by how many to 1 ? | 16 | 22%
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1992 – A US Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to how many years in prison ? | 30 | 22%
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1957 – Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer and architect, is born in which Spanish region ? | Cantabria | 22%
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1959 – NASA announces the selection of the United States' first astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the what ? | Mercury Seven | 22%
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1914 – One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of which country ? | Mexico | 22%
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1937 – The first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe arrives at Croydon Airport in London. what was its name ? | Kamikaze | 11%
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2017 – After refusing to give up his seat on an overbooked flight, Dr. David Dao Duy Anh is forcibly dragged off the flight by aviation security officers on which airline ? | United Airlines | 11%
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