| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1922 – Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world record and the 'minute barrier'. What fictional character did he also portray ? | Tarzan | 70%
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| 1815 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of which country ? | France | 60%
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| 1986 – The New Zealand Parliament passes a Reform Act legalising what in New Zealand ? | Homosexuality | 60%
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| 2002 – The African Union is established replacing the Organisation of African Unity. In which city was it established ? | Addis Ababa | 50%
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| 1540 – King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to which of his wives ? | Anne of Cleves | 50%
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| 1790 – The navy of which nation captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet ? | Sweden | 50%
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| 1755 – The Braddock Expedition is defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now which city ? | Pittsburgh | 40%
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| 1999 – Days of student protests begin after police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of where ? | Tehran | 30%
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| 1850 – U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies after eating raw fruit and what other food ? | Iced Milk | 20%
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| 1947 – Mitch Mitchell, English drummer is born. With which band is he best known ? | Jimi Hendrix Experience | 20%
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| 1877 – Which sporting event begins for the first time ? | Wimbledon Tennis Tournament | 20%
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| 1955 – The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of what ? | Nuclear Warfare | 10%
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| 1893 – Daniel Hale Williams, American surgeon, performs the first successful surgery of which type in United States without anesthesia ? | Open Heart | 10%
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| 1979 – A car bomb destroys a motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France. What make of car was it ? | Renault | 10%
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| 1937 – The silent film archives of which film corporation are destroyed by a fire in their vault ? | Fox | 0%
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