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January 1 Quiz - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 25 times
- The average score is 10 of 20
Answer Stats
| Year | Clue | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | {Alcatraz}, found in San Francisco Bay, became an island prison | 81%
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| 1959 | In the country of {Cuba}, Fidel overthrows Fulgencio | 81%
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| 1804 | Caribbean nation {Haiti} becomes independent from France | 76%
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| 1981 | Corfu's country, {Greece}, rejoins the European Economic Community | 76%
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| 1999 | The {euro} currency is introduced | 76%
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| 45 BC | The {Julian} calendar is introduced. 1 Jan in the Gregorian calendar is 19 Dec in this calendar | 71%
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| 1877 | Victoria gains the colonial title {Empress} of India | 71%
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| 1515 | The 1498–1515 king of France, {Louis XII}, dies of gout | 67%
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| – | On the 1st of the year {New Year's Day} is celebrated, a public holiday in the USA and other countries | 62%
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| 1449 | Famous figure of Florence, Lorenzo de' {Medici}, is born into a famous family | 57%
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| 1919 | 'Catcher in the Rye' author {J. D. Salinger} is born | 52%
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| 1895 | Posthumously controversial long-term FBI director {J. Edgar Hoover} is born | 48%
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| 1898 | Five cities combine to form the world city {New York} | 38%
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| 1995 | In the North Sea, a 25.6m rogue {wave} is recorded, intriguing scientists and damaging an oil platform | 29%
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| 1962 | The independence of Samoa – then known as {Western} Samoa – from New Zealand comes into effect | 29%
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| 1001 | Stephen I becomes the first king of {Hungary} | 24%
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| 1773 | Christian hymn {Amazing Grace} is first performed, by John Newton | 10%
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| 2005 | New Yorker {Shirley Chisholm}, the first black woman in the United States Congress, dies | 5%
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| 1990 | {David Dinkins} is elected as Mayor of New York | 0%
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| 1894 | Indian mathematician and Einstein collaborator {Satyendra Nath Bose} is born | 0%
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