Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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1922 | The March on Rome starts this man's rule. | Benito Mussolini | 93%
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2004 | The EU gains many new countries. Name one. | Hungary, Poland,... | 93%
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1939 | Both Germany and the USSR invaded this country. | Poland | 91%
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1996 | Jacques Chirac got the Ig Nobel for testing A-bombs. He was president of ... | France | 90%
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1945 | Where were the A-Bombs dropped? | Nagasaki | 90%
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1942 | Name the "Big Four" who signed the United Nations Declaration | United States | 90%
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1940 | The United Kingdom gets a new PM. Whom? | Winston Churchill | 90%
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1959 | The US gets two new states. Which? | Alaska | 89%
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1921 | This physicist gets the Nobel Prize. | Albert Einstein | 89%
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1959 | The US gets two new states. Which? | Hawaii | 89%
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1945 | Where were the A-Bombs dropped? | Hiroshima | 89%
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1920 | Alcohol is forbidden in the US. What is this period called? | Prohibition | 89%
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2009 | He is the first African American president of the USA. | Barack Obama | 87%
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2020 | This pandemic defines our lives. | COVID-19 | 87%
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1962 | This almost leades to an atomic war. | {Cuban} Missile Crisis | 87%
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1944 | The Allies arrive in Normandy. How is this event called? | D-Day | 87%
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1997 | The Princess of Wales dies in a car crash. What was her name? | Diana | 87%
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2002 | Europe gets a uniform currency. What's it called? | Euro | 87%
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1949 | Which Organisation is founded by western countries? | NATO | 87%
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1969 | Name the Astronauts went into the Moon's orbit. | Neil Armstrong | 87%
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1923 | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk founds this country. | Turkey | 87%
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1942 | Name the "Big Four" who signed the United Nations Declaration | United Kingdom | 87%
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1983 | The first of these is found. There is one at the center of every galaxy. | Black {Hole} | 86%
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1942 | Name the "Big Four" who signed the United Nations Declaration | Republic of China | 86%
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1970 | This famous band splits up. | Beatles | 85%
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1948 | Parts of this city were supplied by plane for eleven months. | Berlin | 85%
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1980 | What are the belligerents of the war on the Persian Gulf? | Iraq | 85%
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2005 | Germany votes their first female chancellor. What's her name? | Angela Merkel | 84%
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1952 | Army officers overthrew King Farouk. In which country did this happen? | Egypt | 84%
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1967 | The Six Day War is led by Israel against these countries. | Egypt | 84%
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1982 | Argentina and the United Kingdom fight over this region. | {Falkland} Islands | 84%
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1980 | What are the belligerents of the war on the Persian Gulf? | Iran | 84%
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1927 | This Georgian becomes dictator. | Joseph Stalin | 84%
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1977 | The most famous science fiction movie series starts. Name? | Star Wars | 84%
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1924 | This leader of the largest superpower (by area) dies. | Vladimir Lenin | 84%
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1956 | This country invades Gaza and Sinai. | Israel | 83%
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1968 | The Tet Offensive is led by the ... | Viet {Cong} | 83%
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1992 | The USA vote a new president. Whom? | Bill Clinton | 82%
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1986 | A nuclear accident happens in the Ukrainian power plant of ... | Chernobyl | 82%
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1930 | This man initiates the Salt March | Mohandas Gandhi | 82%
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2013 | This virus epidemic breaks out in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. | Ebola | 81%
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1990 | The Baltic states declare independence from the USSR. Name them. | Estonia | 81%
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2008 | This former province of Serbia is the last to split from former Yugoslavia. | Kosovo | 81%
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1999 | Operation Allied Force was a part of the ... | {Kosovo} War | 81%
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1990 | The Baltic states declare independence from the USSR. Name them. | Latvia | 81%
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1990 | The Baltic states declare independence from the USSR. Name them. | Lithuania | 81%
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1991 | These 3 countries became independent from Yugoslavia pretty peacefully. | Croatia | 80%
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1933 | The New Deal is initiated by ... | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 80%
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2014 | Russia annexes these two regions, which are on the same peninsula. | Crimea | 79%
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1958 | There is a new Pope. What is he called? | John XXIII | 79%
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1991 | These 3 countries became independent from Yugoslavia pretty peacefully. | Slovenia | 79%
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1957 | What is the name of the first satellite? | Sputnik 1 | 79%
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1995 | Of which war was the Srebrenica massacre a part of? | {Bosnian} War | 78%
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1967 | The Six Day War is led by Israel against these countries. | Jordan | 78%
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1942 | Name the "Big Four" who signed the United Nations Declaration | Soviet Union | 78%
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1967 | The Six Day War is led by Israel against these countries. | Syria | 78%
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1943 | In which city's ghetto did the largest Jewish uprising happen? | Warsaw | 78%
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1969 | Name the Astronauts went into the Moon's orbit. | Buzz Aldrin | 76%
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2006 | The Hezbollah and Israel fight against each other in this country. | Lebanon | 75%
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2000 | The Øresund Bridge is built. It connects two cities. Which? | Copenhagen | 74%
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1928 | This man is crowned King in Kyoto. | Hirohito | 74%
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1963 | Martin Luther King Jr. holds a speech in front of the ... | {Lincoln} Memorial | 74%
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2001 | 9/11 occurs. Which terrorist organisation did it? | Al-Qaeda | 73%
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1965 | This human rights activist was murdered. | Malcolm X | 73%
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2017 | Separatist groups in this region of Spain seek independence. | Catalonia | 72%
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1936 | This military general starts a civil war and becomes facist dictator | Francisco Franco | 72%
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1994 | The Hutu slaughtered Tutsi and Twa. What was this called? | {Rwandan} Genocide | 72%
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1972 | This building was bugged by Nixon's employees. | Watergate | 72%
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1950 | The inhabitants of this formerly united country call this war "625". | {Korean} War | 71%
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1991 | These 3 countries became independent from Yugoslavia pretty peacefully. | North Macedonia | 71%
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1937 | LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire. What was it? | a Zeppelin | 70%
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1947 | These two countries declared independence within a day of each other. | India | 70%
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1951 | The Treaty of San Francisco re-established ...'s peace with the Allies. | Japan | 70%
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1947 | These two countries declared independence within a day of each other. | Pakistan | 70%
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1931 | Japan invades this region of China. | Manchuria | 69%
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1998 | The former leader of Kampuchea/Cambodia dies. What was his name? | Pol Pot | 69%
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1961 | The first man in space was ... | Yuri Gagarin | 68%
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1985 | The Live Aid concert is held to help this country. | Ethiopia | 67%
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1966 | Mao Zedong publishes the ... | {Red} Book | 67%
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1987 | Zimbabwe gets a new President. Whom? | Robert Mugabe | 67%
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1973 | On which Jewish feast did Syria and Egypt invade the Golan Heights? | Yom Kippur | 67%
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1932 | These two countries fought over Chaco Boreal, South America | Bolivia | 66%
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1989 | This separation is toppled. | Berlin Wall | 64%
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1946 | Hermann Göring was sentenced to death, but took ... to avoid execution. | Cyanide | 64%
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1926 | Gertrude Ederle is the first woman to swim over this strait. | English Channel | 64%
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1953 | The dictator Fulgencio Batista is overthrown by ... | Fidel Castro | 61%
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1935 | Laws of race are made in this German city. | Nuremberg | 61%
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1932 | These two countries fought over Chaco Boreal, South America | Paraguay | 61%
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2000 | The Øresund Bridge is built. It connects two cities. Which? | Malmö | 58%
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1979 | After the Shah flees, he becomes leader of Iran. Who is he? | Ruhollah Khomeini | 58%
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2003 | The current Turkish president is voted prime minister. What is his name? | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 57%
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1993 | Which New York City building's underground parking lot was bombed? | World Trade Center | 57%
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1984 | The Indian Prime Minister is murdered. What was her name? | Indira Gandhi | 54%
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1981 | The first ... is sent into space. It has two white and one brown rocket. | Space {Shuttle} | 53%
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1955 | Name the herbicide used to murder Vietnamese people. | Agent Orange | 51%
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2016 | Massacres happen in Myanmar and State Counsellor ... did not react. | Aung San Suu Kyi | 50%
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1941 | What was the operation called, that broke the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact? | Barbarossa | 50%
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1938 | The annexation of Austria through the Nazis goes by the name ... | Anschluss | 49%
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2015 | Which object in our solar system was first reached by "New Horizons"? | Pluto | 49%
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1978 | The Pope dies, what are his successors called. One ruled for 33 days. | John Paul I | 48%
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1976 | The Soweto Uprising is a demonstration against ... | Apartheid | 47%
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1971 | This environmental NGO is founded. | Greenpeace | 47%
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2012 | France gets a new president. What is his name? | François Hollande | 45%
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1978 | The Pope dies, what are his successors called. One ruled for 33 days. | John Paul II | 45%
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1964 | In this sea North Vietnam supposedly attacked a US battleship. | Gulf of {Tonkin} | 43%
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1975 | After the end of fascism in Spain this ruler is put in power. | King {Juan} {Carlos} | 43%
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1969 | Name the Astronauts went into the Moon's orbit. | Michael Collins | 42%
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1974 | Where was the Terracotta Army found? | Xi'an | 41%
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1988 | The founder of Ferrari dies. What was he called? | Enzo Ferrari | 39%
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2011 | Through a tsunami and lack of grasp of the situation, ... melts down.[source] | Fukushima | 39%
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1929 | The Great Depression starts through the ... | Wall Street Crash | 36%
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2018 | The protestors in France called themselves ... | Yellow Vests | 30%
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1925 | The Iran gets a new Shah. | Reza Shah Pahlavi | 27%
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2007 | It's the 300th birthday of the mathematician who found "e" | Leonhard Euler | 24%
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2014 | Russia annexes these two regions, which are on the same peninsula. | Sevastopol | 20%
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1934 | A member of the Ustaše kills King ... of Yugoslavia. | Alexander | 16%
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1960 | This US spy is shot down in his Lockhead over the Soviet Union | Francis Gary Powers | 16%
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2010 | You knew you were going to have to write it some day! Icelandic volcano: | Eyjafjallajökull | 15%
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2019 | Austrian right-wing politicians show willingness to corruption on this island. | Ibiza | 13%
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1954 | The European Nuclear Organisation is founded. You know it as ... | CERN | 12%
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