| Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | Death of writer best known for 'The Trial' and 'The Metamorphosis' | Franz Kafka | 100%
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| 2016 | Death of prominent black American boxer | Muhammad Ali | 100%
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| 713 | The emperor ruling this state is blinded and deposed | Byzantine Empire | 83%
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| 350 | Julius Nepotianus claims the title of Roman Emperor. Who was his longer-reigning uncle? | Constantine I | 83%
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| 1808 | Birth of American politician, president of the Confederate States | Jefferson Davis | 83%
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| 2019 | As part of the Sudanese revolution, massacre in this city | Khartoum | 83%
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| 1839 | At Humen, Lin Zexu begins to destroy seized quantities of this drug, smuggled into China | Opium | 83%
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| 1899 | Death of Austrian composer, known for 'Blue Danube' and 'Kaiser-Walzer' | Johann Strauss (the son) | 67%
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| 2017 | Terrorist attack in this city as a van drives into pedestrians | London | 67%
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| 1940 | Franz Rademacher recommends the forced resettlement of Jews to this island | Madagascar | 67%
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| 2006 | This country announces its independence, following a referendum in May | Montenegro | 67%
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| 1989 | Death of leader of 1979 Iranian revolution, afterwards Supreme Leader | Ruhollah Khomeini | 67%
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| 1942 | In bombing US airbases there, Japan begins an attack on these islands | Aleutian Islands | 50%
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| 800 | Death of Staurakios, Byzantine eunuch and associate of which empress? | Irene Sarantapechaina | 50%
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| 1982 | Attempted assassination in Britain of the ambassador from which country? | Israel | 50%
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| 1946 | Death of Soviet revolutionary, officially head of state. Two cities were named after him, one remains so | Mikhail Kalinin | 50%
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| 1959 | This state gains autonomy from Britain (later independence) | Singapore | 50%
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| 1326 | The treaty of Novgorod was an armistice between Novgorod and what country? | Norway | 33%
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| 628 | Death of Liang Shidu, who led a rebellion against which (short-lived) Chinese dynasty? | Sui dynasty | 33%
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| 1657 | Death of English physician who described the circulation of blood in 'De Motu Cordis' | William Harvey | 33%
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