| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| 2017 – An independence referendum takes place in which region ? | Catalonia | 100%
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| 1800 – Spain cedes Louisiana to France, which would sell the land to the United States thirty months later for how much per square mile ? | $18 | 67%
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| 1795 – More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands are annexed by Revolutionary France. Which of these countries was part of the Austrian Netherlands ? | Belgium | 67%
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| 1957 – First appearance of what on U.S. paper currency ? | "In God We Trust" | 67%
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| 1975 – Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in which city ? | Manila | 67%
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| 1964 – Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to which other city ? | Osaka | 67%
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| 1971 – Which amusement park opens near Orlando, Florida ? | Walt Disney World | 67%
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| 1843 – The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London, UK. In what year did it cease publication ? | 2011 | 33%
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| 1908 – Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at what price ? | $825 | 33%
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| 1931 – Which New York bridge is opened ? | George Washington Bridge | 33%
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| 1979 – The rapid transit railway system known as "The MTR" opens in which city ? | Hong Kong | 33%
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| 1940 – Which road, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic ? | Pennsylvania Turnpike | 33%
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| 1989 – Denmark introduces the world's first legal what ? | Same-Sex partnership | 33%
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| 959 – Edgar becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwig. He is known as Edgar the ....what ? | Peaceful | 0%
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| 1939 – World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy which Polish city ? | Warsaw | 0%
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