| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1620 – Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land. But where ? | Cape Cod, Massachusetts | 60%
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| 1953 – Cambodia gains independence from which nation ? | France | 60%
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| 1967 – The first issue of which magazine is published ? | Rolling Stone | 60%
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| 1907 – The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday. In which country was the diamond found ? | South Africa | 60%
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| 1456 – Ulrich II, Count of Celje, last ruler of the County of Cilli, is assassinated in which city ? | Belgrade | 50%
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| 1938 – The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate what ? | Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews | 50%
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| 1906 – Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. Where did he go ? | Panama | 50%
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| 1688 – Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures which city in the South of England ? | Exeter | 40%
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| 2004 – Which web browser is released ? | Firefox 1.0 | 40%
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| 2012 – At least 27 people are killed and dozens are wounded in conflicts between inmates and guards at Welikada prison in which city ? | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 30%
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| 1861 – The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, in which city ? | Toronto | 30%
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| 1993 – Stari Most, the "old bridge", built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing by Croat forces in which Bosnian city ? | Mostar | 20%
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| 2005 – Suicide bombers attack three hotels in which capital city, killing at least 60 people ? | Amman | 10%
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| 1994 – Which chemical element is discovered ? | Darmstadtium | 10%
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| 1998 – A U.S. federal judge, in the largest civil settlement in American history, orders 37 U.S. brokerage houses to pay how much to cheated NASDAQ investors ? | $1.03 billion | 0%
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