Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1917 – World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal during which battle ? | Battle of Passchendaele | 80%
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1866 – The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content in which state or province ? | Newfoundland | 80%
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1663 – The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent by what means ? | Only in English Ships from English ports | 60%
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1775 – Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Dept: The 2nd Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of how many men." ? | 20,000 | 40%
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1940 – The animated short film "A Wild Hare" is released by Warner Brothers , introducing which character ? | Bugs Bunny | 40%
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1549 – The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches which nation ? | Japan | 40%
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1981 – While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 crashes killing 32 people. How did the plane crash ? | Overshot the runway | 40%
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1929 – The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by how many nations ? | 53 | 20%
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1857 – Siege of Arrah begins: Sixty-eight men hold out for eight days against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutineers and 8,000 irregular forces. But in which country ? | India | 20%
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1975 – Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead. He was mayor and MP in which country ? | Sri Lanka | 20%
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1990 – The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempts a coup d'état in which island country ? | Trinidad and Tobago | 20%
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1990 – Which country declares independence from the Soviet Union ? | Belarus | 0%
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1955 – El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into the air space of which country ? | Bulgaria | 0%
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Today is celebrated in the USA as National Scotch Day and what other food of drink ? | National Creme Brulee Day | 0%
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1949 – Rory MacDonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player is born. He is the bassist with with Scottish band ? | Runrig | 0%
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