| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 – The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and which other state ? | Kansas | 70%
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| 1948 – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in which city ? | Bogota | 60%
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| 1991 – Which country declares independence from the Soviet Union ? | Georgia | 60%
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| 1682 – Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of which river, claiming it for France ? | Mississippi | 60%
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| 1957 – Which canal is cleared of debris and opened to shipping ? | Suez Canal | 60%
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| 1969 – Which British-built aircraft makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford ? | BAC Concorde | 50%
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| 1440 – Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of which country ? | Denmark | 40%
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| 2005 – Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at the Guildhall in which town ? | Windsor | 30%
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| 1388 – Forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Näfels, despite being outnumbered by how many to 1 ? | 16 | 20%
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| 1992 – A US Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to how many years in prison ? | 30 | 20%
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| 1957 – Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer and architect, is born in which Spanish region ? | Cantabria | 20%
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| 1959 – NASA announces the selection of the United States' first astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the what ? | Mercury Seven | 20%
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| 1914 – One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of which country ? | Mexico | 20%
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| 1937 – The first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe arrives at Croydon Airport in London. what was its name ? | Kamikaze | 10%
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| 2017 – After refusing to give up his seat on an overbooked flight, Dr. David Dao Duy Anh is forcibly dragged off the flight by aviation security officers on which airline ? | United Airlines | 10%
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