| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 – Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of which dam ? | Hoover Dam, USA | 82%
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| 1980 – Institution of sharia law in which country ? | Iran | 73%
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| 1534 – Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with indigenous peoples in what is now which country ? | Canada | 64%
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| 2005 – A series of four explosions, killing 56 people, occurs on which city's transport system ? | London | 55%
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| 1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe in which state ? | Missouri | 55%
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| 1985 – Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at what age ? | Seventeen | 55%
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| 1978 – The Solomon Islands become independent from which country ? | United Kingdom | 55%
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| 1992 – The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to do what in public ? | Go Topless | 27%
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| 1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy how long after her death ? | 25 years | 18%
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| 1863 – The United States begins its first military draft; how much do exemptions cost ? | $300 | 18%
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| 1946 – Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a neighborhood of which California city ? | Beverly Hills | 18%
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| 2007 – The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in how many locations around the world ? | Eleven | 18%
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| 1911 – The US, the UK, Japan, and Russia sign the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues. The hunting of which animals did it ban ? | Seals | 18%
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| 1941 – The US occupation of Iceland replaces the occupation of which country ? | United Kingdom | 18%
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| 1834 – Four nights of rioting against abolitionists begin in which city ? | New York | 9%
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