Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1974 – The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in which country ? | Zaire | 100%
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2015 – Sixty-four people are killed and more than 147 injuries after a fire in a nightclub in which European capital city ? | Bucharest | 86%
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1961 – Which country detonates the "Tsar Bomba", the most powerful explosive device ever detonated ? | Soviet Union | 86%
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1938 – Orson Welles broadcasts a radio play that causes anxiety in some of the audience in the United States. What was it called ? | War of the Worlds | 86%
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2014 – Which country is the first European Union member state to officially recognize the State of Palestine ? | Sweden | 71%
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1983 – After seven years of military rule, the first democratic elections are held in which South American country ? | Argentina | 57%
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1863 – Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in which city to assume his throne as George I ? | Athens | 57%
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758 – Which Chinese city is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates ? | Guangzhou | 57%
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1485 – Which English monarch is crowned, beginning the Tudor reign ? | King Henry VII | 57%
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1942 – World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking what items from the sinking German submarine U-559 ? | Code Books | 43%
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1980 – Which two countries agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice ? | El Salvador and Honduras | 43%
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1947 – The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of which organisation is founded ? | World Trade Organization (WTO) | 43%
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1985 – Which Space Shuttle lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission ? | Challenger | 29%
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1920 – Which former political party is founded in Sydney, Australia ? | Communist Party of Australia | 29%
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1806 – Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrenders the which city to 800 French soldiers ? | Stettin | 29%
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