Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1999 – Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of which country ? | Panama | 100%
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2012 – A pastel version of The Scream, by Edvard Munch, sells for a new world record price in a New York City auction of how much ? | $120 million | 80%
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1945 – World War II: The Soviet Union announces the fall of which city ? | Berlin | 80%
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1670 – King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up trade in what goods in North America ? | Furs | 80%
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1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and what other crime ? | Witchcraft | 80%
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2011 – Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the 9-11 attacks is killed by the US special forces in town in Pakistan ? | Abbottabad | 60%
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1829 – After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in which country ? | Australia | 60%
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1982 – Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks which Argentinian ship ? | General Belgrano | 60%
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1969 – The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to which city ? | New York | 60%
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1918 – General Motors acquires which motor manufacturing company ? | Chevrolet | 40%
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2018 – Which terrorist group announces its dissolution and the ceasing of all activities ? | ETA | 40%
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1885 – Cree and Assiniboine warriors win their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion at which battle ? | Battle of Cut Knife | 20%
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1955 – Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for which play ? | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | 20%
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1952 – The world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to which city ? | Johannesburg | 20%
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1194 – King Richard I of England gives which city its first Royal Charter ? | Portsmouth | 20%
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