Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1960 – Which museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands ? | Anne Frank House | 60%
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2007 – The 3-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history", from which resort ? | Praia da Luz, Portugal | 60%
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1933 – James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor is born, by what name is he often referred ? | Godfather of Soul | 40%
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1952 – Which sporting event is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network ? | Kentucky Derby | 40%
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1952 – Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane where ? | North Pole | 40%
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1481 – The largest of three earthquakes causes an estimated 30,000 casualties when it hits which island ? | Rhodes | 40%
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1867 – The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to which part of Canada ? | Vancouver Island | 40%
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1715 – A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within how many minutes accuracy ? | 4 minutes | 20%
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1830 – The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and to have what ? | A Tunnel | 20%
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1945 – World War II: Sinking of the prison ships "Cap Arcona", "Thielbek" and "Deutschland" by the Royal Air Force in which body of water ? | Lübeck Bay, Germany | 20%
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1855 – American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer which country ? | Nicaragua | 20%
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2001 – Which country loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947 ? | United States | 20%
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2002 – An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashes in Jalandhar, killing eight and injuring 17, in what type of building ? | Bank | 0%
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1901 – The Great Fire of 1901 begins in which city ? | Jacksonville, Florida, USA | 0%
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The United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 to be a day to commemorate what ? | World Press Freedom Day | 0%
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