Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1946 – Benny Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer is born. He is known for being a member of which group ? | ABBA | 75%
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1773 – Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor. What were they disguised as ? | Mohawk Indians | 75%
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1653 – Which person becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ? | Oliver Cromwell | 75%
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1944 – World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through which forests of Europe ? | Ardennes Forest | 63%
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1971 – The United Kingdom recognizes which country's independence, which is commemorated annually as National Day ? | Bahrain | 50%
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1985 – Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of which New York crime family ? | Gambino | 50%
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1991 – Which of the "Stans" declares independence from the Soviet Union ? | Kazakhstan | 50%
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1882 – Wales and England play the first Home Nations rugby union match. What is the contest called today ? | Six Nations | 50%
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1883 – Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel. the campaign took place in which modern day country ? | Vietnam | 50%
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1930 – Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a 200-strong posse, following a botched bank robbery, in which US city ? | Clinton, Indiana | 38%
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2013 – A bus falls from an elevated highway in which Asian capital city killing at least 18 people ? | Manila | 38%
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1903 – The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel first opens its doors to guests in which Indian city ? | Mumbai | 25%
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1497 – Vasco da Gama passes which South African river, where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal ? | Great Fish River | 13%
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1850 – The "Charlotte Jane" and the "Randolph" bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to which port in New Zealand ? | Lyttelton | 0%
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1989 – Protests break out in which European city in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés ? | Timisoara, Romania | 0%
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