Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1994 – In the UK, the first National Lottery draw is held. A ticket costing how much gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers ? | £1 | 75%
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1863 – American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for which type of facility ? | Military Cemetery | 38%
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1881 – A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal close to which city ? | Odessa | 38%
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1954 – Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III. What is it called ? | Tele Monte Carlo | 38%
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1816 – A university is established in which Eastern European city ? | Warsaw | 38%
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1969 – Association football player Pelé scores which milestone goal ? | 1,000th | 25%
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1911 – The Doom Bar in Cornwall claims two ships, Island Maid and Angele. Doom Bar is at the mouth of which river ? | Camel | 25%
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1942 – Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993. The kingdom is in which African country ? | Uganda | 25%
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1959 – The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of which motor car ? | Edsel | 13%
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1985 – Cold War: U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time. In which city ? | Geneva | 13%
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2019 – Which internet company launches its cloud gaming service Stadia ? | 13%
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1967 – The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in which city ? | Hong Kong | 13%
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2010 – The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in which country ? | New Zealand | 13%
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1998 – Which painting by Vincent van Gogh sells at auction for US$71.5 million ? | Self-Portrait Without Beard | 13%
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1946 – Iceland, Sweden and which other country join the United Nations ? | Afghanistan | 0%
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