Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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1939 | WWII begins as Germany invades this country | Poland | 97%
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1941 | Japan launches a surprise attack on this U.S. naval base | Pearl Harbor | 96%
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1945 | The United States tests this weapon in New Mexico | Atomic Bomb | 95%
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1940 | This politician becomes Prime Minister of the U.K. | Winston Churchill | 95%
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1948 | This Indian leader is assassinated by a Hindu extremist | Mahatma Gandhi | 94%
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1943 | This Italian leader is deposed as Prime Minister of Italy | Benito Mussolini | 91%
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1944 | On D-Day, Allied forces land in this French region | Normandy | 91%
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1938 | The Anschluss - Germany annexes this country | Austria | 87%
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1931 | At 1,250 feet high, this building becomes the world's tallest | Empire State Building | 86%
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1932 | This U.S. President is elected, promising a "new deal" for the American people | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 86%
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1947 | Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to break this | The {Sound} Barrier | 86%
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1934 | Surgeon R.K. Wilson allegedly photographs this Scottish creature | Loch Ness Monster | 85%
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1946 | Third Reich leaders are prosecuted at trials in this German city | Nuremberg | 82%
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1933 | The 21st amendment brings an end to this era in American history | Prohibition | 71%
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1935 | Farms throughout the American prairies are devastated by this | The {Dust} Bowl | 69%
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1949 | This province joins Canada | Newfoundland | 63%
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1930 | This country wins the first World Cup | Uruguay | 60%
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1942 | The United States destroys four Japanese aircraft carriers at this battle | Battle of {Midway} | 59%
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1937 | Japanese troops commit atrocities following the capture of this Chinese city | Nanjing | 52%
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1936 | This British king abdicates | Edward VIII | 44%
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