Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1859 – The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses which bell, starts keeping time ? | Big Ben | 100%
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1939 – Terry Waite, English humanitarian and author is born, he was held captive by Islamic militants in which country ? | Lebanon | 100%
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1948 – John Bonham, English musician, songwriter and drummer is also born on this day. With which band is he most associated ? | Led Zeppelin | 100%
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1977 – Which oil pipeline is completed ? | Trans-Alaska Pipeline | 100%
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1813 – In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across which mountain range ? | Blue Mountains | 67%
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455 – What happens to Emperor Petronius Maximus while fleeing Rome ? | He is stoned to death by an angry mob | 67%
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1578 – King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest standing bridge of which city ? | Paris, France | 67%
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1911 – Which ship is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland ? | Titanic | 67%
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1879 – Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed what by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public ? | Madison Square Garden | 33%
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1669 – Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary, citing what reason ? | Poor eyesight | 33%
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1847- The railway opens between The Hague and which other city ? | Rotterdam | 33%
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1942 – World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on which city ? | Sydney, Australia | 33%
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1907 - What appears in New York City for the first time ? | Taxis | 33%
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1969 - Stevie Wonder releases which of his songs ? | My Cherie Amour | 0%
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This day is marked as what day by the World Health Organisation ? | World No Tobacco Day | 0%
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