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This Day in History - April - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 44,396 times
26,804 since last reset
- The average score is 23 of 30
Answer Stats
| Date | Year | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
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| April 1 | 1976 | This company is founded by Jobs, Wozniak, and Wayne | Apple, Inc | 95%
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| April 3 | 1888 | This London serial killer claims his first victim | Jack the Ripper | 93%
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| April 15 | 1912 | This ship sinks in the northern Atlantic | RMS Titanic | 93%
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| April 6 | 1974 | This Swedish group wins the Eurovision song contest | ABBA | 89%
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| April 14 | 1865 | This leader is shot at Ford's Theatre | Abraham Lincoln | 89%
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| April 20 | 1889 | This historical villain is born in Austria | Adolf Hitler | 89%
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| April 21 | 753 BC | This city is founded by twin brothers (according to legend) | Rome | 88%
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| April 17 | 1961 | The Bay of Pigs invasion begins in this country | Cuba | 86%
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| April 26 | 1986 | This power plant has a catastrophic meltdown | Chernobyl | 85%
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| April 23 | 1616 | This writer dies at Stratford-upon-Avon | William Shakespeare | 83%
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| April 29 | 2011 | This woman marries Prince William | Kate Middleton | 80%
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| April 11 | 1814 | This French leader abdicates | Napoleon | 80%
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| April 7 | 1906 | Naples is devastated by an eruption of this volcano | Mt. Vesuvius | 79%
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| April 30 | 1803 | The U.S. nearly doubles in size after purchasing this territory from France | Louisiana Territory | 78%
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| April 25 | 404 BC | Athens is defeated by this city-state | Sparta | 78%
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| April 12 | 1861 | This war begins at Fort Sumter | American Civil War | 77%
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| April 16 | 1943 | Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of this drug | LSD | 73%
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| April 28 | 1945 | This former leader is executed by firing squad | Benito Mussolini | 72%
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| April 22 | 1970 | This environmental day is celebrated for the first time | Earth Day | 72%
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| April 24 | 1898 | The U.S. declares war on this country | Spain | 72%
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| April 18 | 1980 | This country, formerly known as Rhodesia, becomes independent | Zimbabwe | 70%
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| April 5 | 1722 | Europeans first make contact with this remote Pacific island, now a part of Chile | Easter Island | 68%
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| April 27 | 711 | Moorish troops invade this European peninsula | Iberia | 68%
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| April 2 | 742 | This Frankish king is born | Charlemagne | 67%
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| April 10 | 1971 | To improve relations, China hosts American athletes in this sport | Table tennis | 64%
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| April 19 | 2005 | This pope is elected | Benedict XVI | 58%
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| April 8 | 1820 | This armless sculpture is discovered on the island of Milos | Venus de Milo | 58%
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| April 9 | 1241 | These steppe raiders decisively beat a Polish army at the Battle of Legnica | Mongols | 55%
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| April 4 | 1581 | This captain is knighted in honor of his circumnavigation of the globe | Francis Drake | 54%
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| April 13 | 1204 | Crusaders capture and loot this Christian capital | Constantinople | 53%
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