| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The Wall Street Crash occurs and the Great Depression begins | 1929 | 87%
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| The Beatles play live at New York's Shea Stadium | 1965 | 74%
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| Queen Elizabeth II becomes the UK's monarch | 1952 | 72%
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| The Battle of Britain is fought over the skies of England | 1940 | 69%
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| 156 years of British rule in Hong Kong comes to an end | 1997 | 69%
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| Nelson Mandela is released from prison after 27 years | 1990 | 59%
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| Woodrow Wilson is elected as President of the USA | 1913 | 57%
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| 'Casablanca', starring Humphrey Bogart, is released | 1942 | 56%
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| Pan Am Flight 103 crashes on Lockerbie in Scotland | 1988 | 50%
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| Howard Carter discovers the tomb of Tutankhamun | 1922 | 48%
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| Pablo Picasso paints 'Guernica' | 1937 | 46%
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| The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, is launched | 1981 | 46%
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| Hirohito is born, the 124th Emperor of Japan | 1901 | 44%
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| Albert Einstein dies | 1955 | 44%
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| Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight | 1919 | 39%
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| Marconi sends the first radio transmission from the USA to Britain | 1903 | 35%
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| Construction of the Sydney Opera House is completed | 1973 | 35%
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| The first human-to-human heart transplant takes place | 1967 | 33%
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| Mao Zedong becomes leader of the Chinese Communist Party | 1935 | 30%
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| Indira Gandhi's third term as Prime Minister of India finishes | 1977 | 19%
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