| Date | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 30 | This famous non-violent protester and leader is assassinated | Mahatma Gandhi | 88%
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| March 10 | First civilian to exceed the speed of this | Sound | 76%
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| April 3 | President Truman signs this 'plan' to help Europe recover from WWII | Marshall Plan | 71%
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| January 4 | This SE Asian country declares independence from the UK | Burma | 47%
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| June 24 | USSR begins this blockade by stopping access by road, rail, and water to here | West Berlin | 47%
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| September 24 | This major Japanese automobile manufacturer founded | Honda | 41%
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| January 27 | The first of these are sold; it records and plays back sounds | Tape Recorder | 41%
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| February 24 | Communist party takes control of this country | Czechoslovakia | 35%
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| July 29 | King George VI opens the 14th of these in London | Olympic Games | 35%
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| July 8 | 500th anniversary this Church (or Patriarchate) celebrated in Moscow | Russian Orthodox | 35%
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| April 19 | He is elected as president of Nationalist China | Chiang Kai-Shek | 29%
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| November 26 | The first of this type of camera was sold in a department store | Polaroid | 29%
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| December 24 | The first house completely heated by this kind of power is occupied in the U.S. | Solar | 29%
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| April 7 | Created by the U.N., this organization is to help against sickness and injury | World Health Organization | 29%
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| May 23 | This famous NY Yankee hits for the cycle | Joe DiMaggio | 18%
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| May 15 | This war started, which was the second stage of the 1948 Palestine War | Arab-Israeli War | 12%
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| October 6 | Earthquake kills 100,000 in this country | USSR | 6%
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