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Most Forgotten Embarrassing Chapters in History - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 71 times
- The average score is 17 of 35
Answer Stats
| Country | Percentage | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| U.S. History | 35% | Nearly 300 Lakota Indians are victims of this massacre in 1890 | Wounded {Knee} | 81%
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| Russian History | 84% | American Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky at the world championships of this game | Chess | 75%
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| Russian History | 77% | In an event called the Holodomor, Soviet leaders inflict a terrible famine on this country, killing millions | Ukraine | 75%
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| Russian History | 75% | This leader is found drunk, in his underwear, trying to hail a cab, and wanting pizza during a 1995 visit to Washington D.C. | Boris Yeltsin | 73%
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| British History | 45% | 40,000 troops are slaughtered trying to capture this tiny Turkish peninsula during WWI | Gallipoli | 71%
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| Russian History | 74% | In the early 20th century, tens of thousands of people die in "pogroms" targeting this group of people | Jews | 71%
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| U.S. History | 49% | In 1830 this president signs the Indian Removal Act | Andrew Jackson | 68%
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| British History | 42% | British troops torture people during the Mau Mau uprising in this country | Kenya | 66%
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| Chinese History | 48% | Tens of millions die in the Taiping Rebellion after a man named Hong Xiuquan proclaims himself to be the brother of this religious figure | Jesus Christ | 64%
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| Italian History | 71% | This insane Roman emperor, known as "Little Boot", supposedly plans to promote his horse to the rank of consul | Caligula | 61%
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| Chinese History | 34% | In 2013, a zoo in the city of Louhe defrauds patrons by displaying a dog that they claim is this type of animal | Lion | 61%
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| German History | 32% | During the Nazi era, fraudulent anti-Semitic text is taught in German schools | The Protocols of the Elders of {Zion} | 58%
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| French History | 63% | France protects and celebrates this film director who drugged and raped a 13 year old girl | Roman Polanski | 53%
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| U.S. History | 30% | Photos of detainee abuse at this prison are released in 2006 | Abu Ghraib | 51%
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| German History | 39% | Desperate to enter the U.S. market, Deutsche Bank loans money to this American after no other bank will | Donald Trump | 51%
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| British History | 33% | This English king spends only six months of his reign in England, preferring his estates in southwest France | Richard the Lionheart | 49%
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| German History | 39% | Over 1,200 German women are sexually assaulted by migrants on this holiday in 2015, which is intially not reported by German media | New Year's Eve | 47%
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| Chinese History | 29% | A terrible famine is made worse thanks to Mao's campaign to kill this type of bird | Sparrow | 47%
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| French History | 66% | Painter Paul Gauguin likely spreads syphilis to the population of this tropical island | Tahiti | 47%
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| British History | 27% | Nearly 100 people die in this city's St. Scholastica Day Riot after students complain about the quality of their beverages | Oxford | 46%
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| German History | 43% | This German duo, famous for "Girl You Know its True" are busted for lip-synching in 1989 | Milli Vanilli | 42%
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| French History | 49% | In this last 19th century "affair", an innocent Jewish soldier is convicted of treason | {Dreyfus} affair | 41%
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| U.S. History | 40% | This 1925 trial in Tennessee sees a high school teacher charged with teaching human evolution | {Scopes} Trial | 41%
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| French History | 61% | France loses many of its North American colonies as a result of this 1756-1763 war | Seven Years' War | 37%
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| French History | 57% | In 1415, France loses this battle against a much smaller English army, mostly peasant archers | Battle of {Agincourt} | 36%
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| Chinese History | 29% | Foxconn factories in this industrial city install nets to reduce the suicide rate of workers | Shenzhen | 34%
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| Italian History | 55% | Radiocarbon dating shows that this piece of cloth was not actually used to bury Jesus | Shroud of Turin | 34%
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| British History | 18% | This royal office, responsible for helping the King use the toilet, is considered one of the most desirable positions in the Tudor court | Groom of the {Stool} | 32%
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| German History | 21% | 21 people die (and 500 are injured) in a stampede at this electronic music festival | The {Love} Parade | 32%
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| Italian History | 40% | This illegitimate son of a pope supposedly holds an orgy at the Papal Palace called the "Banquet of Chestnuts" | Cesare {Borgia} | 31%
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| Italian History | 40% | This nuclear physicist is forced to flee Italy for the United States in 1938 because of anti-Jewish laws that threatened his wife | Enrico Fermi | 29%
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| U.S. History | 27% | In 1857, this slave sues for his freedom but is told by the Supreme Court that he can not be a US citizen due to his race and status as property | Dred Scott | 24%
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| Italian History | 29% | Early Romans need women, so they steal them from this nearby tribe | Sabines | 24%
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| Russian History | 28% | This Russian ballet dancer emigrates to Canada in 1974 | Mikhail Baryshnikov | 22%
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| Chinese History | 18% | Manchus conquer China and force the men to adopt this hairstyle | Queue | 22%
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