Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1825 – Bolivia gains independence from which nation ? | Spain | 83%
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1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by what means ? | Electric Chair | 67%
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1945 – World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 named what ? | Enola Gay | 67%
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2012 – NASA's rover lands on the surface of Mars. What was it's name ? | Curiosity | 50%
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1914 – World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany and Austria declares war on which country ? | Russia | 50%
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1926 – Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to do what ? | Swim the English Channel | 50%
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1940 – Which country is illegally annexed by the Soviet Union ? | Estonia | 33%
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1962 – Which island nation becomes independent from the United Kingdom ? | Jamaica | 33%
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1996 – The Ramones played their farewell concert at The Palace in which US city ? | Los Angeles | 33%
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1538 – Which South American capital city is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ? | Bogota | 17%
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1996 – NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains what ? | Evidence of primitive life-forms | 17%
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2008 – A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi in which African country ? | Mauritania | 17%
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1986 – A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the Australian coast dumps a record 13 inches of rain in a day on which city ? | Sydney | 17%
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1819 – Norwich University is founded as the first private military school in the United States in which state ? | Vermont | 17%
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1926 – In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with which movie starring John Barrymore ? | Don Juan | 0%
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