Statistics for This Day in History - April 1st

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Year	Event	Answer	% Correct
874	This island discovered by the Vikings is given a misleading name to discourage settlements	Iceland	91%
1492	This explorer sails west to disprove the theory that the Earth is flat	Christopher Columbus	90%
2001	This US President's administration purposely ignores warnings in advance of 9/11	George W. Bush	88%
1348	Jewish people cause this major outbreak in Europe	Black Death	86%
1790	This politician gets his teeth replaced by wooden ones	George Washington	79%
1914	The first soldiers get ready to spend years at a time in these dug out structures	Trench	79%
1945	Adolf Hitler flees to this country after allies close in on Berlin	Argentina	73%
2560 BC	Aliens complete construction of this ancient wonder	Pyramids of Giza	70%
1541	This lost city of gold is found in modern day Colombia	El Dorado	65%
37	This Roman Emperor's horse becomes a Roman consul	Caligula	62%
1862	This holiday celebrates the independence of Mexico	Cinco de Mayo	56%
357	These rooms designed for vomiting in to free up space for more food are first used	Vomitorium	43%
1871	This couple's cow causes the Great Chicago Fire	O'Leary	30%
1982	An underground city serving the New World Order is founded below this city's airport	Denver	25%