Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1812 – The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from which city ? | Moscow | 75%
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1944 – United States forces land in which country ? | Philippines | 75%
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1943 – Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for which disease, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University ? | Tuberculosis | 75%
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1950 – Which country is the to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program ? | Iran | 50%
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2003 – Mother Teresa is beatified by which Pope ? | John Paul II | 50%
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1986 – The president of Mozambique, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into which African mountain range ? | Lebombo | 50%
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1912 – Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now which country from the Ottoman Empire ? | Libya | 50%
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1596 – The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities. It sailed from Manila destined for which country ? | Mexico | 50%
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1989 – The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent how long in prison ? | Fifteen Years | 25%
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1944 – A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year revolution in which country ? | Guatemala | 25%
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1922 – British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government it has with which political party ? | Liberal | 25%
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1216 – King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his son Henry. How old was Henry at the time ? | Nine | 25%
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1386 – Which university holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university ? | University of Heidelberg | 25%
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1453 – Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in which region ? | Southern France | 0%
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2005 – Which hurricane becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb ? | Wilma | 0%
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