Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1692 – The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the trials in which town ? | Salem, Commonwealth of Massachusetts | 91%
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1823 – Joseph Smith claims to have found the golden plates that are central to the faith of which religious organisation ? | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 82%
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1980 – Iraq invades which country ? | Iran | 73%
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1919 – The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in which state before spreading across the United States ? | Pennsylvania | 73%
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1776 – Nathan Hale is hanged for what crime during the American Revolution ? | Spying | 73%
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1910 – The Duke of York's Picture House, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain, opens in which city ? | Brighton | 45%
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1975 – Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate which U.S. President, but is foiled by the Secret Service ? | Gerald Ford | 45%
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1896 – Queen Victoria surpasses which ruler as the longest reigning monarch in British history ? | King George III | 45%
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1948 – As part of the Berlin Airlift, Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting what to children ? | Candy | 27%
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1857 – The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the which body of water ? | Gulf of Finland | 27%
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1979 – A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands in which ocean ? | Indian | 18%
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1993 – A barge strikes a railroad bridge, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history, near which city ? | Mobile, Alabama | 18%
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1789 – The office of which United States position is established ? | Postmaster General | 18%
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1499 – The Treaty of Basel concludes which war ? | Swabian War | 18%
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Today is known as what day in the United States ? | International Mixed Berries Muffin Day | 9%
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