| Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Death of two-term American president who told Gorbachev to "tear down this wall" | Ronald Reagan | 89%
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| 1967 | This short war begins between Israel, Egypt, Syria and Jordan | Six Day War | 78%
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| 1989 | A man in China is photographed standing in front of tanks near this public square | Tiananmen Square | 78%
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| 1981 | A US public health agency publishes a report on patients with rare pneumonia - later they are classed as first recognised cases of what disease? | AIDS | 67%
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| 1997 | Civil war begins in this Central African country | Congo | 67%
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| 1465 | 'Farce of Ávila': nobles crown Alfonso 'the Innocent' king. When he dies, to whom, longer-reigning, does his claim to the Castilian crown pass? | Isabel I of Castile | 56%
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| 1959 | This man, considered Singapore's founding father, begins his first term as Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew | 56%
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| 1316 | Death of French king whose wife was convicted of adultery in the 'Tour de Nesle' affair | Louis X | 56%
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| 1806 | End of the Batavian Republic: in which modern country lay its territory? | Netherlands | 56%
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| 1646 | Birth of Elena Cornaro Piscopia. She was the first woman to receive what degree? | Doctor of Philosophy | 44%
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| 1984 | Under Operation Blue Star, fighting begins at this gurdwara in Amritsar | {Golden} Temple | 44%
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| 1916 | Death of British general depicted on "Your country needs you!" posters | Herbert Kitchener | 44%
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| 1900 | This South African city surrenders to British forces in the Second Anglo-Boer War | Pretoria | 44%
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| 1288 | Battle of Worringen: the area it took place is now part of which German city? | Köln | 33%
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| 1862 | This treaty is signed, creating the French colony of Cochinchina and ceding the city from which it takes its name | Treaty of {Saigon} | 33%
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| 1832 | This Parisian revolt, depicted in Les Misérables, begins | June Rebellion | 22%
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| 1878 | Birth of this famous general of the Mexican Revolution | Pancho Villa | 22%
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| 1409 | Western Schism: in which Italian city does an ecumenical council depose both papal claimants and declare the Papacy empty? | Council of {Pisa} | 11%
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| 2015 | Ameenah Gurib-Fakim becomes the first female President of this African country | Mauritius | 11%
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| 1977 | A coup led by the Prime Minister overthrows the President of this island country | Seychelles | 0%
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