Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1848 – Captain Matthew Webb, is born on this day, what is his claim to fame ? | First person to swim the English Channel | 67%
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1955 - Which board game debuts on this day ? | Scrabble | 67%
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1922 - Geological survey says US oil supply would be depleted in how many years ? | 20 | 33%
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1953 – Almost 72% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch what event ? | Lucy giving birth | 33%
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1607 – San Agustin Church is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in which Asian city ? | Manila, Philippines | 33%
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1883 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, in which State of the US ? | New Jersey | 33%
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1937 – Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to where in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds ? | New York City | 33%
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1940 – "You Nazty Spy!", the first Hollywood film of any kind to satirize Adolf Hitler and the Nazis premieres, starring which comedy act ? | The Three Stooges | 33%
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1903 - Which sporting event was announced for the first time, several months in advance of the event ? | Tour de France cycle race | 33%
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1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is executed in the Tower of London for the crime of what ? | Treason | 33%
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1983 – Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in which South American country ? | Bolivia | 0%
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2012 - The Hong Kong based file sharing website, Megaupload, is shut down by which agency? | FBI | 0%
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1915 – German zeppelins bomb which towns of the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target ? | Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn | 0%
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2006 – Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter dies in Reston, Virginia as the result of what ? | Heart Attack | 0%
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1995 Jean-Claude Juncker is sworn in as premier of which European nation ? | Luxembourg | 0%
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2006 - A terrorist blows himself up in which Middle Eastern city, killing only himself but injuring 20 people ? | Tel Aviv, Israel | 0%
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