| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 – Which country conducts its first nuclear test ? | North Korea | 86%
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| Today is known as which awareness day in the US ? | International Beer and Pizza Day | 71%
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| 1914 – World War I: The Siege of which city comes to an end ? | Antwerp | 43%
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| 1981 – President François Mitterrand abolishes what in France ? | Capital Punishment | 43%
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| 1986 – Which play, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre ? | The Phantom of the Opera | 43%
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| 1701 – The Collegiate School of Connecticut is chartered in Old Saybrook. It is later renamed as which university ? | Yale | 43%
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| 1963 – A large landslide causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000. In which European country ? | Italy | 29%
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| 1446 – The hangul alphabet is published in which country ? | Korea | 29%
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| 1936 – Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to which city ? | Los Angeles | 29%
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| 1410 – The first known mention of the astronomical clock in which European city ? | Prague | 29%
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| 1594 – Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on which island ? | Sri Lanka | 29%
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| 1824 – Slavery in Latin America: Slavery is abolished in which country ? | Costa Rica | 14%
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| 1980 – Pope John Paul II greets which world figure during a private audience in Vatican City ? | Dalai Lama | 14%
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| 1804 – Which Australian state capital is founded ? | Hobart | 14%
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| 1941 – A coup in which country declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president ? | Panama | 0%
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