| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| A Soviet arms shipment here brings world to brink of annihilation | Cuba | 98%
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| This woman dies of an overdose in Los Angeles | Marilyn Monroe | 98%
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| This super smooth spy first hits screens | James Bond | 94%
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| Pele picks up his second of these | The World Cup | 90%
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| Death of this influential US former first lady | Eleanor Roosevelt | 85%
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| Vaccines for this start to be widely distributed by sugar cube | Polio | 83%
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| This legendary British rock band forms in London | The Rolling Stones | 79%
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| This country wins independence from France after bitter, bloody struggle | Algeria | 77%
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| James Meredith braves white rioters to be first black student here | University of Mississippi | 33%
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| This US spy plane pilot is exchanged in Cold War deal | Gary Powers | 27%
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