Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the parliament of which other nation ? | Ireland | 78%
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1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of which Pharaoh in over 3000 years ? | Tutankhamun | 78%
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1944 – World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on which Belgian city ? | Antwerp | 67%
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1983 – 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at which UK airport ? | Heathrow | 56%
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1825 – At Union College in Schenectady, New York, a group of college students form the first college social fraternity. What was it called ? | Kappa Alpha Society | 56%
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2018 – The robotic probe Insight lands on which planet ? | Mars | 56%
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1965 – Which country launches Asterix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster ? | France | 44%
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1942 – Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and which actress, premieres in New York City ? | Ingrid Bergman | 44%
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1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit which island ? | Maui | 44%
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2011 – NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a check post in a friendly fire incident. The checkpoint belonged to which nation ? | Pakistan | 44%
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2003 – The Concorde makes its final flight over which English city ? | Bristol | 33%
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1944 – World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people. What was the shop ? | Woolworth's | 33%
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1805 – Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct over the River Dee. Which British canal it is on ? | Llangollen Canal | 22%
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1917 – Which UK newspaper publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France ? | Manchester Guardian | 22%
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1977 – An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over which of Britain's Regional television stations for six minutes ? | Southern TV | 11%
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