Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1962 – Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from which prison ? | Alcatraz | 75%
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1748 – Denmark is the first to use what that is later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries ? | Flag with the Nordic Cross | 75%
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1770 – British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground, but where ? | Great Barrier Reef, Australia | 75%
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2018 – Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un hold the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in which city ? | Singapore | 75%
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1184 BC – Which city is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes ? | Troy | 75%
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1949 – Frank Beard, American drummer and songwriter is born. With which rock band is he most associated ? | Z Z Top | 75%
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1837 – The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and people of which nationality ? | Irish | 50%
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1987 – In the UK, Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant become the first black what ? | Members of Parliament | 50%
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1895 -- The first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place. It is run from where to where and back ? | Paris - Bordeaux - Paris | 50%
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2004 – Cassini–Huygens makes its closest flyby to which of Saturn's moons ? | Phoebe | 50%
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1963 – Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline at a busy intersection in which city ? | Saigon | 50%
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1509 – Henry VIII of England marries which of his wives ?. | Catherine of Aragon | 25%
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1935 – In Alpine, New Jersey, USA inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of what ? | FM Broadcasting | 25%
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1919 – Which horse wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first to win the U.S. Triple Crown ? | Sir Barton | 25%
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1942 – World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to which country ? | Soviet Union | 0%
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