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Events of Late January - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 354 times
351 since last reset
- The average score is 15 of 29
Answer Stats
| Date | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Jan. 17, 1964 | This first lady is born in Chicago. | Michelle Obama | 91%
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| Jan. 17, 1929 | This comic-strip sailor makes his first appearance. | Popeye | 89%
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| Jan. 24, 1848 | Gold is discovered in this state. | California | 84%
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| Jan. 20, 1953 | This man becomes U.S. President. | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 75%
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| Jan. 19, 1955 | This classic crossword board game is put on the market. | Scrabble | 75%
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| Jan. 20, 1930 | Birthday of this man, the second to walk on the Moon. | Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin | 74%
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| Jan. 19, 2006 | Launch of “New Horizons,” a robotic spacecraft which will study this dwarf planet in 2015. | Pluto | 73%
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| Jan. 27, 1756 | This great classical composer is born in Salzburg, Austria. | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 73%
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| Jan. 22, 1949 | Communists led by this man take over Beijing. | Mao Tse-Tung | 72%
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| Jan. 17, 1706 | This printer, writer, scientist, inventor, and diplomat is born in Boston. | Benjamin Franklin | 68%
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| Jan. 24, 1865 | The U.S. Congress passes the 13th Amendment, outlawing this institution. | Slavery | 67%
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| Jan. 18, 1882 | Birthday of A.A. Milne, who wrote Pooh stories for (and including) his son, ___________ _____. | Christopher Robin | 66%
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| Jan. 26, 1500 | Spanish captain Vicente Pinzon becomes the first European to discover what would become this large South American country. | Brazil | 65%
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| Jan. 23, 1737 | Birthday of this man, who put his large signature on the Declaration of Independence. | John Hancock | 58%
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| Jan. 18, 1813 | Birthday of Joseph Glidden, inventor of this type of fencing which transformed the western U.S. | barbed wire | 47%
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| Jan. 25, 1579 | This low-lying European country becomes independent of Spain. | Netherlands | 45%
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| Jan. 19, 1736 | This man, creator of the first practical steam engine, is born in Scotland. | James Watt | 43%
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| Jan. 31, 1919 | Birthday of this man, who broke the color barrier in major league baseball. | Jackie Robinson | 39%
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| Jan. 29, 1861 | After much bloody confict, this plains state joins the Union. | Kansas | 38%
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| Jan. 30, 1941 | Birthday of this Vice President under George W. Bush. | Dick Cheney | 37%
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| Jan. 28, 1915 | This branch of the U.S. armed forces is established. | Coast Guard | 35%
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| Jan. 31, 1958 | The U.S. launches Explorer 1, its first _________. | satellite | 35%
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| Jan. 21, 1824 | Birthday of this important Confederate general, second only to Lee. | “Stonewall” Jackson | 35%
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| Jan. 30, 1882 | Birthday of this man, whose portrait is on the dime. | Franklin Roosevelt | 29%
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| Jan. 26, 1837 | This two-part state joins the Union. | Michigan | 28%
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| Jan. 27, 1832 | Birthday of this creator of the “Jabberwock.” | Lewis Carroll | 26%
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| Jan. 30, 1862 | This Union ironclad ship is launched. | USS Monitor | 24%
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| Jan. 24, 1968 | This Olympic gymnastic champion is born in West Virginia. | Mary Lou Retton | 23%
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| Jan. 27, 1955 | This U.S. Chief Justice is born in Indiana. | John Roberts, Jr. | 18%
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