Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1865 – First ascent of which mountain by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent ? | Matterhorn | 86%
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1874 – A fire burns down 47 acres of which city, destroying 812 buildings, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms ? | Chicago, USA | 71%
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Today is known as Bastille Day in which European country ? | France | 71%
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1965 – The Mariner 4 probe takes the first close-up photos of another planet. Which one ? | Mars | 71%
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1791 – The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of which city ? | Birmingham, UK | 57%
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1969 – Football War: After Honduras loses a soccer match, riots break out against migrant workers from which country ? | El Salvador | 57%
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1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of which nation upon the death of his father, Philip II ? | France | 57%
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1911 – Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, lands his airplane where ? | South Lawn of the White House | 57%
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1916 – World War I: Start of the Battle of Delville Wood as an action within the Battle of the Somme, which was to last until when ? | 3 September 1916 | 29%
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1881 – Which outlaw is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner ? | Billy the KId | 29%
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1771 – Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua, by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra, in what is now known as which state ? | California | 29%
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1943 – The George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American in which city ? | Diamond, Missouri | 29%
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1976 – Capital punishment is abolished in which country ? | Canada | 14%
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1960 – Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in which present-day country to begin her famous study of chimpanzees in the wild ? | Tanzania | 14%
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1938 – Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing an airplane flight around the world. How long does it take ? | 91 hours | 0%
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