| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1776 – The British Army evacuates which city, ending the Siege, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city ? | Boston | 100%
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| 1950 – Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name what ? | Californium | 100%
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| 1560 – Fort Coligny on Villegagnon Island is attacked and destroyed during the Portuguese campaign against France Antarctique. In which city is Villegagnon Island ? | Rio de Janiero | 100%
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| 1992 – The Israeli Embassy is attacked by a car bomb killing 29 people in which capital city ? | Buenos Aires | 67%
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| 1756 - St. Patrick's Day is first celebrated in New York City at which pub ? | Crown & Thistle Tavern | 67%
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| 455 – Petronius Maximus becomes emperor of the Western Roman Empire; he forces Licinia Eudoxia, the widow of his predecessor, Valentinian III, to do what ? | Marry Him | 67%
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| 1985 – Serial killer Richard Ramirez, commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree. By what name was he known ? | Night Stalker | 67%
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| 2022 - Which ferry company serving the United Kingdom sacks all 800 crew members, replacing them with agency staff? | P&O | 67%
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| 1337 – Edward, the Black Prince is made Duke of which county, the first Duchy in England ? | Cornwall | 33%
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| 1957 - The Dutch ban on what activity is lifted ? | Driving on Sundays | 33%
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| 1968 – As a result of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 animals of which species are found dead ? | Sheep | 33%
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| 2008 - Musician Paul McCartney divorces former model and anti-landmines campaigner Heather Mills on what grounds ? | Unreasonable behaviour | 33%
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| 1966 – DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing what in the Mediterranean Sea? | US Hydrogen Bomb | 33%
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| 1901 - At a show in Paris 71 paintings cause a sensation, 11 years after the death of which artist ? | Vincent van Gogh | 33%
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| 1992 – A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed by around what percentage of the vote ? | 68% | 0%
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| 1929 - General Motors acquires which European vehicle manufacturer ? | Opel | 0%
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