| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 - The first Covid-19 death occurs in which city? | Wuhan | 100%
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| 1892 - Which painter marries Teha'amana, a 13-year-old Tahitian girl ? | Paul Gauguin | 86%
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| 1879 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins in what is now which modern day country ? | South Africa | 86%
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| 1935 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to which other state ? | California | 71%
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| 1759 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American company selling what is incorporated ? | Life Insurance | 71%
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| 1994 – The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on what ? | IRA and Sinn Fein Political Broadcasts | 57%
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| 1971 – Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress is born in which US city ? | New York | 57%
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| 2008 – Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer, explorer, and first person to conquer Everest dies in which New Zealand city ? | Auckland | 43%
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| 1693 - Which volcano erupts with estimated 7.4 magnitude, killing around 60,000 people ? | Mt. Etna | 43%
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| 1986 – The Gateway Bridge is officially opened in which Australian city ? | Brisbane | 29%
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| 1864 - Which major railway station opens in London on this day ? | Charing Cross | 29%
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| January 11th is a National day of what in Germany ? | German Apples Day | 29%
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| 1569 - The first recorded lottery in England is drawn in which London building ? | St. Pauls Cathedral | 29%
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| 1962 – An avalanche in which South American country causes around 4,000 deaths ? | Peru | 14%
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| 2007 - Author J. K. Rowling finishes the 7th and last Harry Potter novel in Room 552 of which Edinburgh hotel ? | The Balmoral Hotel | 14%
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| 532 - A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence in which city ? | Constantinople | 0%
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