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Question	Answer	% Correct
1981 – Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster "Union Star" in heavy seas. In which UK county is the Penlee lifeboat station ?	Cornwall	60%
1967 – Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, is officially presumed dead. Even though his body was never found, how was his fate assumed ?	Disappeared while swimming	60%
1606 – Three ships depart England carrying settlers who founded the first of the thirteen colonies that became the US. The ships were called "Susan Constant", "Discovery" and what ?	Godspeed	60%
1972 – Apollo program: The last manned lunar flight, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth. What was the mission number ?	Apollo 17	40%
1932 – BBC World Service begins broadcasting under what name ?	BBC Empire Service	40%
1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Two British frigates and two Spanish frigates engage in battle off the coast of which Spanish region ?	Murcia	40%
1912 – William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over 1000 people, is pardoned after 3 1⁄2 years in which US prison ?	Sing Sing	40%
2012 – Park Geun-hye is elected the first female president of which nation ?	South Korea	40%
1924 – German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders. Which answer was NOT one of his nicknames ?	The Mad Ripper	40%
1941 – World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers heavily damage HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth in which harbour ?	Alexandria, Egypt	20%
1154 – Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey. He is the first king of which royal house ?	House of Plantagenet	20%
1924 – The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in which UK city ?	London	20%
2001 – A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at a weather station in which country ?	Mongolia	20%
1927 – Three Indian revolutionaries are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy. What was the Kakori conspiracy ?	Train robbery	20%
1983 – The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of which country's Football Association ?	Brazil	0%

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