| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 – The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on which river ? | Thames | 88%
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| 1839 – In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü confiscates from British merchants and destroys 1.2 million kilograms of what product ? | Opium | 75%
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| 1989 – The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of where after seven weeks of occupation ? | Tiananmen Square | 75%
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| 2017 – Eight people are murdered and dozens of civilians are wounded by Islamist terrorists on a bridge in which city ? | London, UK | 63%
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| 1911 – Ellen Corby, American actress and screenwriter is born. She is best known for portraying a grandmother in which TV programme ? | The Waltons | 50%
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| 1539 – Hernando de Soto claims which area of the Americas for Spain ? | Florida | 38%
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| 1665 – James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of which British town ? | Lowestoft, Suffolk | 38%
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| 2013 – At least 119 people are killed in a fire at what type of facility in Jilin Province in northeastern China ? | Poultry Farm | 38%
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| 1885 – In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader escapes the North-West Mounted Police. What was his name ? | Big Bear | 25%
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| 1940 – Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make which island, the "Jewish Homeland" ? | Madagascar | 25%
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| 1326 – The Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and which other country ? | Norway | 25%
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| 1940 – World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs which city on this day ? | Paris, France | 13%
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| 1889 – The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running between a generator at Willamette Falls and which city ? | Portland, Oregon | 13%
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| 1943 – In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in a series of riots known as what ? | Zoot Suit Riots. | 13%
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| 1980 – An explosive device is detonated at the Statue of Liberty. The FBI suspects nationalists from which country ? | Croatia | 0%
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