Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1839 – In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü confiscates from British merchants and destroys 1.2 million kilograms of what product ? | Opium | 86%
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2012 – The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on which river ? | Thames | 86%
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1989 – The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of where after seven weeks of occupation ? | Tiananmen Square | 86%
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2017 – Eight people are murdered and dozens of civilians are wounded by Islamist terrorists on a bridge in which city ? | London, UK | 71%
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1911 – Ellen Corby, American actress and screenwriter is born. She is best known for portraying a grandmother in which TV programme ? | The Waltons | 57%
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1665 – James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of which British town ? | Lowestoft, Suffolk | 43%
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2013 – At least 119 people are killed in a fire at what type of facility in Jilin Province in northeastern China ? | Poultry Farm | 43%
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1539 – Hernando de Soto claims which area of the Americas for Spain ? | Florida | 29%
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1940 – Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make which island, the "Jewish Homeland" ? | Madagascar | 29%
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1885 – In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader escapes the North-West Mounted Police. What was his name ? | Big Bear | 14%
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1326 – The Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and which other country ? | Norway | 14%
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1940 – World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs which city on this day ? | Paris, France | 14%
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1889 – The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running between a generator at Willamette Falls and which city ? | Portland, Oregon | 14%
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1943 – In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in a series of riots known as what ? | Zoot Suit Riots. | 14%
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1980 – An explosive device is detonated at the Statue of Liberty. The FBI suspects nationalists from which country ? | Croatia | 0%
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