| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| 2016 – The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to do what ? | Leave the European Union | 89%
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| 1887 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park. What is it's name ? | Banff National Park | 67%
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| 1991 – Which computer game franchise is released to American audiences, then to PAL and Japanese audiences a month later ? | Sonic the Hedgehog | 67%
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| 1594 – The Portuguese carrack "Cinco Chagas", loaded with slaves and treasure, is attacked and sunk by English ships amongst which island group ? | The Azores | 67%
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| 1967 – Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in which small New Jersey borough ? | Glassboro | 56%
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| 1980 – Melissa Rauch, American actress is born. She is best known for playing which "Big Bang Theory" character ? | Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz | 44%
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| 1794 – Empress Catherine II of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in which city ? | Kiev | 44%
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| 1314 – First War of Scottish Independence: Which battle begins on this day ? | Battle of Bannockburn | 33%
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| 1959 – Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to where ? | Dresden, East Germany | 33%
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| 1305 – A peace treaty is signed at Athis-sur-Orge between the Flemish and which other nationality ? | French | 33%
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| 1868 – Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called a what ? | Typewriter | 33%
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| 1942 – World War II: Germany's latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in which part of the U.K.? | South Wales | 22%
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| 1860 – The United States Congress establishes which agency ? | Government Printing Office | 11%
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| 1917 – In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for what reason ? | Punching the Umpire | 11%
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| 2014 – The last of which country's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction ? | Syria | 11%
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