| Letter | Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1896 | City which hosted the first modern Olympic games | Athens | 97%
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| B | 1824 | Composer whose Ninth Symphony premiered | Ludwig van Beethoven | 96%
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| E | 1889 | Tower which was the tallest human-built structure in the world at the time of its construction | Eiffel Tower | 90%
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| J | 1888 | Unidentified serial killer who killed at least five people in London | Jack the Ripper | 89%
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| W | 1815 | Napoleon's final battle | Waterloo | 89%
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| G | 1871 | Country which was unified | Germany | 88%
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| K | 1868 | City which ceased to be the capital of Japan | Kyoto | 88%
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| M | 1844 | Code which was developed to use with telegraphs | Morse Code | 88%
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| V | 1889 | Artist who painted "Starry Night" | Vincent Van Gogh | 87%
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| S | 1833 | Practice which was abolished in the British empire | Slavery | 85%
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| H | 1804 | Country which gained independence from France | Haiti | 84%
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| Y | 1872 | The world's first national park | Yellowstone | 82%
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| P | 1869 | Table created by Dmitri Mendeleev | The Periodic Table | 80%
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| X | 1895 | Type of radiation discovered by Röntgen | X-Ray | 80%
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| Q | 1859 | Territory which separated from New South Wales | Queensland | 78%
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| N | 1892 | Tchaikovsky ballet which debuted in St. Petersburg | The Nutcracker | 78%
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| O | 1800s | Wars which China fought, and lost, against European powers | The {Opium} Wars | 75%
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| L | 1900 | Political party founded in London | Labour Party | 74%
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| Z | 1828 | African kingdom which Shaka led to its greatest extent | The Zulu Kingdom | 72%
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| D | 1897 | Novel published by Bram Stoker | Dracula | 70%
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| I | 1861 | Country which was unified | Italy | 69%
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| T | 1805 | Battle won by Admiral Nelson at the cost of his own life | Trafalgar | 69%
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| F | 1865 | Theater where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated | {Ford}'s Theater | 67%
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| C | 1800s | City, non-existent at the beginning of the century, which was the world's 5th largest at the end | Chicago | 57%
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| R | 1865–77 | Period in U.S. history following the Civil War | Reconstruction | 41%
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| U | 1800s | Philosophy formulated by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill | {Utilitarian}ism | 33%
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