| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 – The Soviet probe Venera 4 becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet. But which one ? | Venus | 63%
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| 1867 – United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for how much ? | $7.2 million | 50%
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| 1540 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila. Mabila is in which present-day US state ? | Alabama | 38%
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| 1991 – The Supreme Council of which country adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union ? | Azerbaijan | 38%
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| 1356 – The most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys which town ? | Basel, Switzerland | 38%
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| 1963 – Félicette, a black and white female Parisian stray cat becomes the first cat to be what ? | Launched into Space | 25%
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| 2015 –Tens of thousands of junior doctors rally to protest against contract changes to their working week, in which city ? | London | 25%
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| 1914 – The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany. What was it's aim ? | Spiritual Renewal of the Catholic Church | 25%
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| 1851 – Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick" is first published in London, but titled by what name ? | The Whale | 25%
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| 2003 – Following a dispute about gas reserves President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave which country ? | Bolivia | 13%
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| 1648 – In Boston, members of which occupation form the first American labor organization ? | Shoemakers | 13%
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| 1954 – Texas Instruments announces the first what ? | Transistor Radio | 13%
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| 1944 – World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of which country from Nazi Germany ? | Czechoslovakia | 0%
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| 2011 – Spaceport America officially opens in which state as the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport ? | New Mexico | 0%
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| 2019 – Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch take part in the first all-women spacewalk when they venture out of the International Space Station to replace what ? | Power Controller | 0%
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