Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1934 – The "Surgeon's Photograph", is published in the Daily Mail, later proved to be a hoax, it is the most famous photo allegedly showing what ? | Loch Ness Monster | 75%
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753 BC – Today is the traditional date on which Romulus founds which city ? | Rome | 75%
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1782 – The city of Rattanakosin is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River. By what name is it known today ? | Bangkok | 67%
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1821 – Benderli Ali Pasha arrives in Constantinople as the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire; he remains in power for how long before being sent into exile ? | Nine Days | 67%
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1947 – American singer-songwriter James Newell Osterberg Jr. is born. By what name is he better known ? | Iggy Pop | 58%
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1966 – Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits which island, an event that is now celebrated as Grounation Day ? | Jamaica | 58%
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2014 – The city of Flint, Michigan switches its water source to the Flint River, which has caused lead poisoning in up to 12,000 people, and 15 deaths from which disease ? | Legionnaires Disease | 58%
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1987 – Which terrorist group are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people ? | Tamil Tigers | 50%
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1960 – Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from where ? | Rio de Janiero | 42%
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1977 – Which play opens on Broadway ? | Annie | 33%
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1856 – Which profession from around Melbourne march from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an eight-hour day ? | Stonemasons | 33%
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1948 – The United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to what is adopted ? | Kashmir Conflict | 17%
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1914 – Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by which navy ? | US Navy | 17%
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1789 – George Washington's reception as he journeys to New York City for his first inauguration is hosted by which group ? | Ladies of Trenton | 8%
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1993 – The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis García Meza to how many years in jail for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution ? | Thirty | 8%
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