| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1920 – In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes which historic person ?. | Joan of Arc | 100%
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| 1953 – Which actor that portrayed James Bond is born on this day ? | Pierce Brosnan | 63%
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| 1988 – A report by the Surgeon General of the United States states that the addictive properties of what are similar to those of heroin and cocaine ? | Nicotine | 50%
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| 1991 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is the first British monarch to address which organisation ? | US Congress | 50%
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| 1974 – Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of which country ? | Yugoslavia | 50%
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| Today is marked in the US as National what day? | National BBQ Day | 38%
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| 1960 – Theodore Maiman operates the first what, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California ? | Optical Laser | 38%
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| 2003 – In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in terrorist attacks in which city ? | Casablanca | 25%
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| 1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to where ? | England | 25%
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| 1842 – The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from which state ? | Missouri | 25%
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| 1969 – Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on which heavenly body ? | Venus | 25%
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| 2005 – Kuwait permits what in a 35–23 National Assembly vote ? | Voting for Women | 25%
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| 1919 – A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland on the first transatlantic flight, heading for where ? | Lisbon, Portugal | 13%
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| 1951 – The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now JFK) in New York City and Heathrow in London, is operated by which airline ? | El Al Israel | 0%
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| 1959 – The Triton Fountain in which European Capital city is turned on for the first time ? | Valletta, Malta | 0%
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