| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1981 – Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in which British prison ? | HMP Maze, Antrim | 100%
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| 1836 – A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from which country ? | Mexico | 100%
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| 1565 – Which modern day "megacity" is founded ? | Rio de Janiero | 100%
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| 1867 – Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; The city of Lincoln becomes the state capital after having its name changed from what ? | Lancaster | 50%
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| 1870 – Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of which war ? | Paraguayan War | 50%
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| 1845 – United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex which area ? | Republic of Texas | 50%
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| 1692 – Sarah Good is brought before local magistrates in a village in Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as what ? | Salem Witch Trials | 50%
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| 1966 – Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on which heavenly body becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface ? | Venus | 50%
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| 1946 – Which UK institution is nationalised ? | Bank of England | 0%
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| 2008 - Ten people are killed when Armenian police clash with a peaceful protest against what? | Fraudulent Presidential Elections | 0%
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| 2006 – English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article. What is it about ? | Jordanhill Railway Station, Scotland | 0%
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| 2014 - 35 people are killed and 143 injured in a mass stabbing at which Chinese railway station? | Kunming | 0%
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| 1628 – Charles I of England mandated that every county in England pay which tax by this date? | Ship Tax | 0%
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| 1854 – German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg, Germany after how long? | Two Years | 0%
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| 1954 – Catherine Bach, American actress, best known for playing Daisy Duke in the Dukes of Hazzard is born in which city ? | Warren, Ohio | 0%
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| 1910 – The worst avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train, killing 96 people, in which state? | Washington | 0%
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