| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as what ? | X rays | 60%
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| 1944 – Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of which major league sport ? | Ice Hockey | 50%
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| 1918 – Constance Markievicz became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons. Where was she when elected ? | In prison | 50%
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| 1795 – Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in what is now which present-day Canadian city ? | Toronto | 50%
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| 1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in which city ? | San Francisco | 40%
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| 1308 – The reign of Emperor Hanazono of Japan begins. He was which emperor ? | 95th | 30%
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| 1846 – Which state is admitted as the 29th U.S. state ? | Iowa | 30%
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| 1954 – Denzel Washington, American actor, director, and producer is born in a suburb of which city ? | New York | 30%
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| 418 – A papal conclave begins, resulting in the election of which Pope ? | Pope Boniface I | 30%
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| 1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to do what ? | Resign | 30%
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| 1879 – The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75. The bridge is near which UK city ? | Dundee | 20%
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| 1958 – "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat which team in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game ? | New York Giants | 20%
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| 1941 – World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate which high-ranking Nazi officer, commences. | Reinhard Heydrich | 20%
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| 2014 – Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to which city ? | Singapore | 20%
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| 1836 – Which Australia state is founded ? | South Australia | 20%
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