Question | Answer | % Correct |
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2017 – Twenty-two people are killed at an Ariana Grande concert in which venue ? | Manchester Arena | 100%
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1939 – World War II: Germany and Italy sign an agreement known as what ? | Pact of Steel | 89%
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1819 – "SS Savannah" leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to do what ? | Cross the Atlantic | 67%
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2015 – The Republic of Ireland becomes the first nation in the world to legalize what following a public referendum ? | Gay Marriage | 67%
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1994 – A worldwide trade embargo against which country goes into effect to punish its military rulers for not reinstating the country's ousted elected leader ? | Haiti | 44%
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1766 – A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in which region ? | Marmara, Turkey | 44%
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1915 – Three trains collide, killing 227 people, in the Quintinshill rail disaster near which British town ? | Gretna Green, Scotland | 33%
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1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially begins as the Corps of Discovery departs from where ? | St. Charles, Missouri | 33%
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1762 – Which landmark is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome ? | Trevi Fountain | 33%
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1849 – Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is issued a patent for an invention to do what task, making him the only U.S. President to ever hold a patent ? | Lift Boats | 22%
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1968 – The nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard, 400 miles southwest of which island group ? | The Azores | 22%
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1848 – Slavery is abolished on which island ? | Martinique | 11%
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1942 – Which country enters World War II, joining the Allies ? | Mexico | 11%
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1957 – South Africa's government approves of racial separation in what type of institution ? | Universities | 11%
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1987 – First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing which other nation at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand ? | Italy | 0%
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