| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The start of WW1 | 1914 | 98%
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| The start of WW2 | 1939 | 98%
|
| The end of WW2 | 1945 | 98%
|
| The end of WW1 | 1918 | 97%
|
| the 9/11 terrorist attacks | 2001 | 97%
|
| The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor | 1941 | 93%
|
| The apollo 11 moon landing | 1969 | 91%
|
| The assassination of JFK | 1963 | 87%
|
| The start of the Korean war | 1950 | 76%
|
| The Chernobyl disaster | 1986 | 76%
|
| The end of the Korean war | 1953 | 74%
|
| The battle of Hastings | 1066 | 72%
|
| The year Margaret Thatcher was elected | 1979 | 70%
|
| The year Russia became a communist state | 1917 | 66%
|
| The death of Freddie Mercury | 1991 | 66%
|
| The start of the US civil war | 1861 | 64%
|
| The death of Abraham Lincoln | 1865 | 60%
|
| The start of the Gulf war | 1990 | 59%
|
| The launching of the strategic defence inititive | 1983 | 47%
|
| The death of Admiral Horatio Nelson | 1805 | 34%
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