Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1295 – The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between which two countries against England is signed in Paris ? | Scotland and France | 86%
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1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight on which continent ? | Europe | 71%
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1812 – A French general begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon, claiming that the Emperor died in which country ? | Russia | 71%
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1989 – Bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine; the biggest bankruptcy in the Nordic countries up until then. What was it's core business ? | Ship Building | 71%
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2012 – After 38 years, the world's first teletext service ceases broadcast. Which TV company ran the service ? | British Broadcasting Corporation | 57%
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2002 – Terrorists from which region seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage ? | Chechnya | 57%
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1993 – The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in which city, killing the bomber and nine civilians ? | Belfast | 43%
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1939 – The Japanese twin-engine Mitsubishi G4M bomber makes its maiden flight. What was it's Allied reporting name ? | Betty | 43%
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1955 – The people of the Saar region vote in a referendum to unite with which country instead of France ? | Germany | 43%
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1982 – A gunfight breaks out between police officers and members of a religious cult in Arizona. What was the cult's name ? | Christ Miracle Healing Center and Church | 29%
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425 – Valentinian III is elevated as Roman emperor at what age ? | Six | 29%
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Today is celebrated as what in the USA ? | National Boston Creme Pie Day | 14%
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1970 – Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in an automobile called the Blue Flame, it is powered by which fuel ? | Natural Gas | 14%
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1642 – The Battle of Edgehill is the first major battle of the English Civil War. In which traditional English county is Edgehill ? | Warwickshire | 14%
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1958 – Canada's Springhill mining disaster kills seventy-five miners, while ninety-nine others are rescued in which province ? | Nova Scotia | 0%
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