Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1808 – Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs four of his pieces in concert at a theatre in which city ? | Vienna | 83%
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1989 – Which Berlin border crossing re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany ? | Brandenburg Gate | 67%
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1937 – Which tunnel opens to traffic in New York City ? | Lincoln Tunnel | 67%
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2016 – A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine is between 70-100% effective, and thus making it the first proven vaccine against which disease ? | Ebola | 50%
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2001 – Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives. Where were they hidden ? | In his shoes | 50%
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1963 – The cruise ship "Lakonia" catches fire 180 miles north of which island with the loss of 128 lives ? | Madeira | 50%
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1984 – "Subway vigilante" Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on an express train in which city ? | New York | 50%
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1622 – The town of Bucaramanga is founded by Andres Paes de Sotomayor. Bucaramanga is in which South American country ? | Colombia | 33%
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1888 – The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of which region's independence movement | Faroe Islands | 33%
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1890 – Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport in which Canadian province ? | Nova Scotia | 33%
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1997 – Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes which disputed title by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt ? | President of Somalia | 33%
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1942 – World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop which weapon ? | V-2 Rocket | 33%
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1965 – In the United Kingdom, a speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time. What was the speed limit ? | 70 mph | 17%
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1974 – The house of which former British Prime Minister is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA ? | Edward Heath | 17%
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1851 – What is operated for the first time in India at Roorkee ? | Freight Train | 17%
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