Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1990 – Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, is arrested. What was one of his nicknames ? | Butcher of Rostov | 71%
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1940 – World War II: Which country becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers ? | Hungary | 71%
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1989 – The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million in an event known as what ? | Velvet Revolution | 71%
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1947 – The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in London. Philip becomes known by what title ? | Duke of Edinburgh | 57%
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1945 – Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice in which city ? | Nuremberg | 57%
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1194 – Which Italian city is conquered by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor ? | Palermo | 57%
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1992 – In England, a fire breaks out in which royal residence, badly damaging the building and causing over £50 million worth of damage ? | Windsor Castle | 57%
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2018 – The general assembly of Interpol elects Vanuatu and Kiribati as new members, but rejects which country ? | Kosovo | 43%
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1969 – Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11 in which year ? | 1971 | 29%
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1805 – Which composer's only opera, "Fidelio", premieres in Vienna ? | Beethoven | 29%
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1974 – The first fatal crash of a Boeing 747 occurs when Lufthansa Flight 540 crashes while attempting to takeoff from which airport ? | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya | 29%
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2015 – Following a hostage siege, at least 19 people are killed in Bamako, Mali. What was the name of the hotel involved ? | Radisson Blu Hotel | 29%
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1917 – World War I: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back in which battle that started on this day ? | Battle of Cambrai | 14%
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1789 – Which state becomes the first in the U.S. to ratify the Bill of Rights ? | New Jersey | 0%
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1820 – An 80-ton sperm whale attacks and sinks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of which continent ? | South America | 0%
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