| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1941 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on which nation ? | Japan | 91%
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| 1980 – Former Beatle John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota in which New York borough ? | Manhattan | 73%
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| 1966 – The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in which sea ? | Aegean Sea | 64%
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| 1936 – David Carradine, American actor, director, and producer is born. He is probably best known for which 1970's TV series ? | Kung Fu | 64%
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| 1962 – Workers at four newspapers (this later increases to nine) in which US city go on strike for 114 days ? | New York | 55%
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| 1907 – King Gustaf V accedes to the throne of which nation ? | Sweden | 55%
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| 1971 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on which of Pakistan's cities ? | Karachi | 45%
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| 1943 – World War II: The German 117th Jäger Division destroys the monastery of Mega Spilaio in which country ? | Greece | 36%
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| 2013 – In its second season, Atlanta United FC wins the MLS Cup, defeating the which team 2–0 in front of a record crowd of 73,019 ? | Portland Timbers | 36%
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| 2013 – Which band performs a show in Antarctica, making them the first band to perform on all 7 continents ? | Metallica | 27%
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| 1987 – Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at which venue ? | The White House | 27%
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| 2013 – Riots break out in Singapore after a fatal accident in which district ? | Little India | 18%
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| 1851 – Government troops defeat rebels at the Battle of Loncomilla, signaling the end of which country's revolution ? | Chile | 9%
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| 1914 – World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the battle of which islands ? | Falkland Islands | 9%
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| 1660 – A woman appears on an English public stage for the first time, in a production of which of Shakespeare's plays ? | Othello | 0%
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