| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1785 – Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in what way ? | Gas Balloon | 100%
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| 1325 – Alfonso IV becomes King of which European country ? | Portugal | 100%
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| 2015 – Twelve people are killed when terrorists open fire at the offices of which Parisian magazine? | Charlie Hebdo | 75%
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| 1927 – The first transatlantic telephone service is established between which two cities ? | New York and London. | 75%
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| 2018 -15 inches of snow falls in which unlikely place ? | Sahara Desert | 75%
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| 1945 – World War II: British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in which battle ? | Battle of the Bulge | 50%
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| 1980 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out which company ? | Chrysler Corporation | 50%
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| 1975 - Fans of which band riot before a Boston concert causing $30,000 damage ? | Led Zeppelin | 50%
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| 2020 - Several earthquakes kill four people on which Caribbean island? | Puerto Rico | 50%
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| 1928 – A disastrous flood of which English river kills 14 people and causes extensive damage ? | Thames | 50%
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| 1948 – Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of what ? | Unidentified Flying Object | 50%
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| January 7th is "Victory Over Genocide Day" in which country ? | Cambodia | 25%
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| 1983 - President Reagan ends US arms embargo against which Central American country ? | Guatemala | 25%
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| 1964 – Nicolas Cage, American actor, is born in which city ? | Long Beach, California | 25%
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| 1973 – Mark Essex fatally shoots ten people and wounds 13 others at Howard Johnson's Hotel in which Southern US city ? | New Orleans, Louisiana | 25%
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| 2007 – Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic journalist, author, and host of BBC's Mastermind dies at 77 of which illness ? | Pancreatic Cancer | 0%
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