Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1968 – The Mexican President orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the start of what ? | Summer Olympics | 100%
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1958 – Guinea declares its independence from which country ? | France | 83%
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1535 – Jacques Cartier discovers the present site of which Canadian city ? | Montreal | 67%
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1780 – American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged by the Continental Army for what reason ? | Espionage | 50%
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2004 – The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park in which UK city ? | London | 50%
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1942 – World War II: Which ocean liner accidentally rams and sinks HMS Curacoa ? | RMS Queen Mary | 50%
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1959 – Rod Serling's anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS. What is the first episode Called ? | “Where Is Everybody ?” | 50%
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Established by the United Nations, today is celebrated as what ? | International Day of Non-Violence | 33%
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1263 – The Battle of Largs is fought between the Scots and invaders of which nationality ? | Norwegian | 33%
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1919 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers from which medical condition, leaving him incapacitated for several weeks ? | Stroke | 33%
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2002 – The Beltway sniper attacks begin in the Washington-Baltimore area. How long did they last ? | Three weeks | 33%
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1187 – Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after how many years of Crusader rule ? | 88 | 17%
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1941 – World War II: The Wehrmacht attempts to capture Moscow before the onset of winter in an operation known by what name ? | Operation Typhoon | 17%
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1992 – Military police storm the Carandiru Penitentiary in which Brazilian city during a prison riot ? | Sao Paulo | 17%
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1470 – The Earl of Warwick's rebellion forces King Edward IV of England to flee to which country, restoring Henry VI to the throne ? | Netherlands | 0%
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