Question | Answer | % Correct |
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2001 – In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on ....." , what ? | Terror | 82%
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1984 – A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in which city ? | Beirut, Lebanon | 73%
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1977 – Which Asian country is admitted to the United Nations ? | Vietnam | 55%
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1378 – Cardinal Robert of Geneva is elected as which Antipope ? | Clement VII | 45%
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1971 – Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to do what ? | Cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific. | 45%
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1519 – Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlucar de Barrameda on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe. Where is Sanlucar de Barrameda ? | Spain | 45%
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1857 – The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of which city by troops loyal to the East India Company ? | Delhi | 36%
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1962 – James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering which University ? | Mississippi | 36%
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1973 – Singer Jim Croce, and five others die when their light aircraft crashes on takeoff at Natchitoches Regional Airport in which US state ? | Louisiana | 27%
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2019 – Roughly 4 million people demonstrate against climate change. 16-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden leads the demonstration in which city ? | New York | 27%
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1946 – The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed due to World War II. Which British film won the most prestigious award ? | Brief Encounter | 18%
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1942 – The Holocaust: In the course of two days a German Einsatzgruppe murders at least 3,000 Jews in Letychiv in which country ? | Ukraine | 18%
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1967 – RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched from which port ? | Clydebank | 9%
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1906 – The Cunard Line's "RMS Mauretania" is launched at which port ? | Newcastle upon Tyne | 9%
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1835 – Which decade-long war starts when rebels capture Porto Alegre in Brazil ? | Ragamuffin War | 9%
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