Statistics for Historical Failures 2

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This quiz has been taken 33 times
(13 since last reset)
The average score is 17 of 30

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Year	Hint	Answer	% Correct
1945	These cities are nuked, despite Japan being just weeks from surrender	Nagasaki	100%
1867	Russia sells this massive oil-filled territory to the U.S. at two cents an acre	Alaska	92%
1945	These cities are nuked, despite Japan being just weeks from surrender	Hiroshima	92%
1399	This famous tower is finished in Pisa, but quickly begins to tilt	Leaning Tower	92%
1812	This famous French general invades Russia in winter, which never, ever works	Napoleon	92%
1776	This colony declares independence, but the reasons for revolution quickly return	United States	92%
1965	The United States gets involved in this long and ultimately failed war in East Asia	Vietnam War	92%
-330	This Macedonian ruler fails to conquer Italy, which later overruns his fallen land	Alex the Great	83%
1972	Richard Nixon and his advisers listen in on talks from this democratic HQ	Watergate	83%
1899	The British empire assumes this African war will be easy - and nearly loses	Boer War	75%
1977	Fox turns over Star Wars' sequel and merchandising rights to this director	George Lucas	75%
1805	This British general struts around on deck during a battle and is easily shot	Horatio Nelson	75%
1830	Andrew Jackson authorizes the evacuation of Native Americans along this route	Trail of Tears	75%
1453	A gate left open in this city allows the Turks to destroy the Byzantine empire	Constantinople	67%
2017	Donald Trump nearly ruins Korean peace talks by taunting this leader	Kim Jong-un	67%
2016	This man's choice to pull troops from Middle Eastern countries leads to infighting	Barack Obama	58%
1915	Winston Churchill commands several disastrous charges on this hill	Gallipoli	58%
1982	Reagan semi-secretly supplies weapons to this country, his supposed enemy	Iran	50%
1970	An oxygen tank explodes during this aborted lunar landing attempt	Apollo 13	42%
1981	This company rejects an offer from E.T. to show their candy; Reeses accepts it	Mars	42%
-4000*	Sauron lets this twisted creature free, which eventually leads to his downfall	Gollum	33%
565	This Byzantine ruler dies, having grown his empire by using much of its money	Justinian I	33%
1815	A battle in this city is fought after the War of 1812 has already ended	New Orleans	33%
2012	Mark Sanchez, quarterback of this team, commits the infamous 'Butt Fumble'	New York Jets	33%
1990	Officials accidentally allow this impossible play during a Colorado-Missouri game	Fifth down	25%
2007	Engineers from this Formula One team steal information from their rival Ferrari	Mclaren	25%
-1446*	The reigning pharaoh of Egypt incites this Hebrew escape from slavery	The Exodus	25%
2006	This Norwegian grandmaster blunders into checkmate against Gagunashvili	Magnus Carlsen	17%
1997*	Harry Potter seriously injures Draco Malfoy using this spell, invented by Snape	Sectumsempra	17%
1550*	This man says 'Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!' and dies	Vizzini	0%