| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1818 – The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in which Austrian town ? | Oberndorf | 86%
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| 1865 – Jonathan Shank and Barry Ownby form which hate group ? | Ku Klux Klan | 57%
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| 2003 – The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives inside a railway station in which city ? | Madrid | 57%
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| 1906 – Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a speech, and a solo on which musical instrument ? | Violin | 57%
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| 1929 – Assassination attempt on President Hipólito Yrigoyen of which country ? | Argentina | 43%
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| 1777 – The island of Kiritimati is discovered by James Cook. What is it's anglicised name ? | Christmas Island | 43%
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| 1974 – Cyclone Tracy devastates which Australian city ? | Darwin | 43%
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| 1953 – On New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged and collapses beneath a passenger train. What caused the damage ? | Mudflow | 43%
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| 1980 – Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near an RAF base in which county, an incident called "Britain's Roswell" ? | Suffolk | 43%
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| 1871 – The opera "Aida" premieres in which city ? | Cairo | 29%
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| 1920 – Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian armed forces. The city of Fiume is now known by what name ? | Rijeka | 29%
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| 1941 – World War II: Which North African city is conquered by the British Eighth Army ? | Benghazi | 14%
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| 1964 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb which hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam ? | Brinks Hotel | 0%
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| 1500 – A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on which Greek island ? | Kefalonia | 0%
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| 1968 – Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed how many lunar orbits ? | Ten | 0%
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