Statistics for Which Year? - Geography

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which year was hurricane Katrina?	2005	85%
Which year was New Zealand discovered by the Western world?	1642	78%
Which year was the first successful ascent of Mount Everest?	1953	78%
Which year was the South Pole first reached?	1911	67%
Which year did Krakatoa in Indonesia famously erupt?	1883	56%
Which year did Newfoundland join Canada to become a province?	1949	56%
Which year was Alaska purchased from Russia by the United States?	1867	52%
Which year did Papua New Guinea gain full independence?	1975	52%
Which year was Mongolia founded?	1206	48%
Which year was Sri Lanka discovered by the Western World?	1505	48%
Which year was the 9.0 Lisbon earthquake?	1755	48%
Which year was the Tunguska Event? (Meteor that landed in Siberia)	1908	48%
Which year was London founded?	50 A.D	48%
Which year was Hawaii discovered by the Western World?	1778	41%
Which year was Madagascar discovered by the Western World?	1500	37%
Which year was the world first national park (Yellowstone) established?	1872	30%
Which year did the first Westerners arrive in Japan?	1543	22%
Which year was the Russian Empire at its largest in size?	1895	22%
Which year did Korea get divided into North and South?	1945	19%
Which year did a lightning strike set off explosives killing 4,000 people on the Greek island of Rhodes?	1856	15%