| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 – The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for what to begin the following January ? | Alcohol Prohibition | 78%
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| 1726 – The novel Gulliver's Travels is published. Who wrote the novel ? | Jonathan Swift | 78%
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| 1538 – The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now which country ? | Dominican Republic | 56%
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| 1990 – Which country holds its only free election under Soviet rule ? | Georgia | 56%
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| 1886 – US president Grover Cleveland dedicates which landmark ? | Statue of Liberty | 56%
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| 1949 – An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in which island group, killing all 48 people on board ? | Azores | 44%
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| 1958 – Which Pope is elected ? | Pope John XXIII | 44%
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| 1664 – The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot is established. It was later to be known as which part of the British military ? | Royal Marines | 44%
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| 2007 – Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of which country ? | Argentina | 33%
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| 1834 – The Pinjarra massacre occurs in the Swan River Colony. An estimated 30 Noongar people are killed by British colonists in which country ? | Australia | 33%
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| 1420 – Which city is officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty ? | Beijing | 33%
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| Today in the US is marked as what ? | National Chocolate Day | 33%
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| 1893 – Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, "Pathétique" receives its première performance how long before the composer's death ? | Nine days | 22%
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| 1492 – Christopher Columbus lands on which island on his first voyage to the New World ? | Cuba | 11%
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| 1942 – The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at which city in Canada ? | Dawson Creek | 11%
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