Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1901 – Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in which city on the "USAT Thomas" ? | Manila | 78%
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1911 – Which painting is stolen by Louvre employee, Vincenzo Peruggia ? | "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo da Vinci | 67%
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1331 – King Stefan Uroš III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stefan Dušan, who succeeds as King of where ? | Serbia | 67%
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1770 – James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it what ? | New South Wales | 56%
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1944 – World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise in which French region ? | Normandy | 56%
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1821 – Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, "Eliza Frances". Where is Jarvis Island ? | South Pacific Ocean | 56%
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1952 – Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist is born on this day. He is best known as a member of which British punk rock band ? | The Clash | 56%
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1961 – Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, what was the song ? | "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes | 44%
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1969 – Gap Inc. open their first store in which city ? | San Francisco | 33%
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1883 – A tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of what ? | The Mayo Clinic | 22%
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1852 – Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk. Where was Fort Selkirk ? | Yukon Territory | 22%
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1991 – Which nation declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940 | Latvia | 11%
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959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of which city ? | Liege | 11%
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1897 – Which American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded ? | Oldsmobile | 11%
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1888 – The first successful model of which type of machine is patented in the USA by William Seward Burroughs ? | Adding machine | 0%
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