Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1523 – Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in which city ? | Brussels | 80%
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1863 – American Civil War: Which battle begins on this day ? | Battle of Gettysburg | 60%
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1867 – Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of which nation ? | Canada | 60%
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1903 – Which famous race starts for the first time ? | Tour de France | 60%
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1881 – The world's first international telephone call is made between which two countries ? | Canada and USA | 50%
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2013 – Which country becomes the 28th member of the European Union ? | Croatia | 50%
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1960 – Which country becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state ? | Ghana | 50%
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1987 – The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first radio station broadcasting solely what content ? | Sports | 50%
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1879 – Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of which religious magazine ? | The Watchtower | 50%
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2007 – Smoking is banned in all public indoor spaces in which part of the British Isles ? | England | 40%
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1968 – The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed by 62 countries in Washington, D.C., London and which other city ? | Moscow | 40%
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1782 – American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg. Where is Lunenburg ? | Nova Scotia | 40%
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1931 – Boeing Air Transport begins service. It would later be renamed what ? | United Airlines | 40%
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1916 – World War I: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme approximately how many soldiers of the British Army are killed ? | 19,000 | 10%
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1991 – The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in which city ? | Prague | 10%
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