Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1692 – Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for what in Salem, Massachusetts ? | Witchcraft | 80%
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1615 – The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from where ? | Rouen, France | 72%
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1953 – The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom. What was special about the ceremony ? | First coronation to be televised | 64%
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1979 – Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to which nation, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country ? | Poland | 44%
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1774 – An Act is passed, requiring a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, or other buildings. What was it called ? | The Quartering Act | 44%
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1835 – P. T. Barnum and his circus start their first tour of where ? | The United States | 44%
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1763 – At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of what ? | Lacrosse | 40%
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1960 – Tony Hadley, English singer-songwriter and actor, is born. He was the lead singer with which "New Romantic" band ? | Spandau Ballet | 36%
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455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for how long ? | Two Weeks | 32%
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1946 – In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. What was the name of the last monarch ? | Umberto II | 28%
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1964 – Which former terrorist / freedom group is formed ? | Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) | 24%
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1910 – Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to do what ? | Make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane. | 20%
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1896 – Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for which of his inventions ? | Wireless Telegraph | 20%
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1909 – Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of which country for the third time ? | Australia | 16%
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1962 – During the 1962 FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and players from which country in one of the most violent games in football history ? | Italy | 8%
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