Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1885 – The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, in which province ? | British Columbia | 80%
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1908 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in which South American country ? | Bolivia | 60%
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1861 – The first Melbourne Cup sports contest is held in Melbourne, Australia. What sport does it involve ? | Horse Racing | 60%
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1994 – WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides the world's first what ? | Internet radio broadcast | 60%
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1990 – Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of which country ? | Ireland | 60%
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1786 – The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society. Which state is it's home ? | Massachusetts | 60%
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1967 – Carl B. Stokes is elected, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city. But which city ? | Cleveland | 40%
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1989 – Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests in which former country ? | East Germany | 40%
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921 – The Frankish kings Charles the Simple and Henry the Fowler sign a peace treaty or 'pact of friendship', to recognize their borders along which river ? | Rhine | 40%
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1987 – President Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in which country ? | Tunisia | 40%
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1949 – The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), the oldest offshore oil platform. In which modern day country is it located ? | Azerbaijan | 20%
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2012 – An earthquake off the Pacific coast of which country kills at least 52 people ? | Guatemala | 20%
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2000 – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in which state ? | Kansas | 20%
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1929 – Which museum in New York City opens to the public ? | Museum of Modern Art | 20%
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1492 – The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the Earth around noon in a wheat field outside of Ensisheim in which country ? | France | 0%
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