Cities Made Famous by the News #2 - Statistics

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Year Known for... Answer % Correct
1945 Nuclear bombs was dropped on these two cities during WW2 Hiroshima
94%
1945 Nuclear bombs was dropped on these two cities during WW2 Nagasaki
93%
1914 This is the city where WW1 may have started, due to the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand Sarajevo
88%
1986 The city where what is believed to be the worst nuclear accident in history happened Chernobyl
86%
1815 The battle in this city in Belgium marked the ending of the Napoleonic Wars Waterloo
82%
1929 The ____ Conventions are rules that apply only in times of armed conflict and seek to protect people who are not taking part in hostilities Geneva
81%
1940 As the allies were loosing the battle of France this was the city they evacuated to Britain from Dunkirk
76%
2012 - 2016 A four year long battle took place in Syria's biggest city Aleppo
73%
1988 Used to be the world's most dangerous city, also the city where Pablo Escobar died Medellín
64%
1863 A battle was fought here from July 1-3 during the American civil war and was the turning point of the war Gettysburg
61%
2019 Two consecutive terrorist shooting attacks occurred at mosques here Christchurch
53%
1972 The city where "Bloody Sunday" took place Londonderry
51%
1993 The ____ siege was the siege of a compound belonging to the religious sect Branch Davidians Waco
40%
1978 909 people died on November 18 by Cyanide poisoning in an event termed "revolutionary suicide" Jonestown
36%
2018 A gunman opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at a high school in a city in Florida Parkland
19%
2012 The ____ attack was a coordinated attack against two US government facilities Benghazi
12%
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