| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 – Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe. Where did they meet ? | Reykjavik, Iceland | 80%
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| 1138 – A massive earthquake, said to be one of the most destructive ever, strikes Which Middle eastern city ? | Aleppo | 60%
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| 1958 – NASA launches its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit. What was it called ? | Pioneer 1 | 60%
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| 1976 – Which historical figure is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies ? | George Washington | 40%
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| 1865 – Hundreds of black men and women march starting the Morant Bay rebellion in which Caribbean nation ? | Jamaica | 40%
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| 1811 – The "Juliana" begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in which harbour ? | New York | 40%
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| 1614 – The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now which region ? | Northeastern United States | 40%
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| 1918 – The San Fermín earthquake shakes which island ? | Puerto Rico | 40%
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| 1906 – San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering what ? | Segregated schools for Japanese students | 40%
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| 1852 – Australia's oldest university is inaugurated in which city ? | Sydney | 40%
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| 1840 – The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to which island in exile ? | Malta | 20%
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| Today is celebrated in the USA as what day ? | National Sausage Pizza Day | 20%
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| 1972 – What occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam ? | Race Riot | 20%
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| 1962 – The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in how many years ? | 92 | 0%
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| 1984 – Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into what upon landing in Omsk, Russia ? | Maintenance Vehicles | 0%
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