Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1992 – Fearing extradition to the United States, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison near which city ? | Medellin | 75%
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2005 – Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers. What nationality was Menezes ? | Brazilian | 63%
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1298 – Wars of Scottish Independence: King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his troops outside which Scottish town ? | Falkirk | 63%
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1942 – The United States government begins compulsory civilian rationing of what product due to the wartime demands ? | Gasoline | 63%
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1894 – The first ever motor race is held in France between which two cities ? | Paris and Rouen | 63%
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1990 – Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins the Tour de France. How many times did he win the event ? | 3 | 50%
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1963 – Crown Colony of Sarawak gains self-governance. On which island was Sarawak ? | Borneo | 50%
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1893 – Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of which mountain ? | Pikes Peak | 50%
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1598 – Which of William Shakespeare’s plays is entered on the Stationers’ Register ? | The Merchant of Venice | 50%
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1943 – World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily in an operation known by what name ? | Operation Husky | 38%
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1976 – Japan completes its last reparation for war crimes to which nation ? | Philippines | 38%
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1943 – World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in which city, killing 22 ? | Athens | 25%
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1933 – Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in what time ? | 7 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes | 13%
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1342 – St. Mary Magdalene's flood is the worst such event on record for which region ? | Central Europe | 13%
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1997 – The second Blue Water Bridge opens connecting which two countries ? | USA and Canada | 13%
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