| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1836 – The inauguration of which European landmark takes place ? | Arc de Triomphe, Paris | 73%
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| 1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign an agreement to do what ? | Build a channel tunnel | 73%
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| 2005 – Astronomers announce their discovery of which dwarf planet ? | Eris | 64%
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| 1981 – Which event attracts a worldwide television audience of over 700 million people ? | Wedding of Charles and Diana | 64%
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| 1948 – After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in which city ? | London | 55%
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| 1957 – Which international organisation is established ? | International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) | 45%
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| 1976 – David Berkowitz a.k.a. the "Son of Sam" kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks in which city ? | New York | 45%
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| 1030 – Battle of Stiklestad: King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from which nation ? | The Danes | 45%
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| 1973 – Greece votes to abolish what ? | The monarchy | 45%
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| 1914 – Which navigational canal is opened in the USA ? | Cape Cod Canal | 36%
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| 1858 – The United States and which other country sign the Harris Treaty of Amity and Commerce ? | Japan | 27%
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| 1907 – Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in which harbour on the south coast of England ? | Poole | 27%
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| 1953 – Geddy Lee, Canadian musician is born. He is best known as a member of which Canadian rock band ? | Rush | 27%
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| 1567 – James VI is crowned King of Scotland in which city ? | Stirling | 18%
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| 1967 – During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, which city of is shaken by an earthquake ? | Caracas | 9%
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