Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1945 – Which political party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power ? | Labour | 75%
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1908 – US Attorney General Charles Bonaparte issues an order to staff the Office of the Chief Examiner. It was later renamed as what ? | Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI | 50%
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1847 – Which African nation declares its independence ? | Liberia | 50%
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1892 – Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian to which position in Britain ? | Member of the House of Commons | 50%
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1951 – Which of Walt Disney's animated films premieres in London, England ? | Alice in Wonderland | 38%
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1758 – French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of which body of water ? | Gulf of Saint Lawrence | 38%
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1944 – World War II: The Red Army enters which city capturing it from the Nazis ? | Lviv, Ukraine | 38%
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2005 – Which city in India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people ? | Mumbai | 38%
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1529 – Francisco Pizarro González, Spanish conquistador, is appointed governor of a region that is now which country ? | Peru | 38%
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1803 – The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in the south of which city in the United Kingdom ? | London | 25%
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1974 – Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after how many years of military rule ? | Seven | 25%
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2016 – Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth. It was registered in which country ? | Switzerland | 25%
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1745 – The first recorded women's match takes place near Guildford, England. But in which sport ? | Cricket | 13%
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1957 – Carlos Castillo Armas is assassinated. He was the dictator in which Central American country ? | Guatemala | 13%
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1945 – World War II: Which vessel is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the war ? | HMS Vestal | 13%
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