| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at which prison ? | Alcatraz | 60%
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| 1952 – Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of which nation ? | Jordan | 50%
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| 106 – The south-western part of Dacia becomes a Roman province. Where is Dacia ? | Romania | 50%
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| 1804 – Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of which nation ? | Austria | 40%
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| 1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in which city ? | Cleveland, Ohio | 40%
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| 1959 – Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens to serve which city ? | Moscow | 40%
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| 2006 – The oil tanker "MT Solar 1" sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands , causing which country's worst oil spill ? | Philippines | 40%
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| 1858 – Which European mountain is ascended for the first time ? | Eiger | 30%
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| What food is celebrated on this day in the United Kingdom ? | National Bakewell Tart Day | 20%
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| 1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from quarantine following their liftoff from the moon. How long was the quarantine ? | Three Weeks | 20%
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| 1942 – Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for an invention that later becomes the basis for what ? | Wi-Fi | 20%
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| 1962 – Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to do what ? | Float in microgravity | 10%
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| 1786 – Captain Francis Light establishes a British colony in which Asian region ? | Penang, Malaysia | 10%
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| 1960 – Which African country declares it's independence ? | Chad | 0%
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| 1982 – A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others whilst en route from Tokyo, Japan to which city ? | Honolulu | 0%
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