Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1732 – James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of which future U.S. state ? | Georgia | 60%
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1959 – The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first of what type of vessel ? | Nuclear-powered Ballistic Missile Submarine | 60%
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1979 – A fire on the "Ghost Train" ride at which amusement park, kills seven people ? | Luna Park Sydney, Australia | 40%
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AD 53 – Which Roman emperor marries Claudia Octavia ? | Nero | 40%
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1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to describe and map which river ? | St. Lawrence | 40%
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1972 – Severe rainfall causes a dam to burst in which US mountain range ? | Black Hills, South Dakota | 20%
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1900 – Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies in a British prison of what disease ? | Cholera | 20%
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1934 – Which Disney character makes it's debut in The Wise Little Hen ? | Donald Duck | 20%
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1311 – Duccio's Maestà, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in which Italian cathedral ? | Duomo di Siena | 20%
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1967 – Six-Day War: Israel captures which area ? | Golan Heights | 20%
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1928 – Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane. What was it named ? | Southern Cross | 20%
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1944 – World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in which French town ? | Tulle | 20%
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1930 – A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station, allegedly for what reason ? | Gambling debt | 0%
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What food is celebrated on this day, primarily in the USA ? | Lemon Drizzle Cake | 0%
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1963 – Johnny Depp, American actor is born in which city ? | Owensboro, Kentucky | 0%
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