Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1966 – A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in which city ? | Cleveland, Ohio | 57%
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1976 – Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in which city ? | Montreal | 57%
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1992 – A picture of "Les Horribles Cernettes" was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web. What were "Les Horribles Cernettes" ? | All female pop parody group | 43%
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1812 – The Treaties of Orebro end the Anglo-Russian and which other war ? | Anglo-Swedish War | 43%
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1841 – Coronation of Emperor Pedro II of where ? | Brazil | 43%
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1942 – The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 for the first time. What was different about the aircraft at that time ? | It used jet engines | 43%
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1942 – During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from which nation ? | Yugoslavia | 43%
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1968 – The Intel Corporation is founded in Mountain View in which state ? | California | 29%
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1995 – The Soufrière Hills volcano erupts on which Caribbean island ? | Montserrat | 29%
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1195 – Battle of Alarcos: Almohad forces defeat the Castilian army of Alfonso VIII and force its retreat to which city ? | Toledo | 29%
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1872 – The Ballot Act 1872 introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot in which country ? | United Kingdom | 29%
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2012 – At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at which airport ? | Burgas Airport, Bulgaria | 14%
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1918 – Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, is born in which province ? | Cape Province | 14%
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1984 – In which fast-food restaurant in California did James Oliver Huberty open fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others before being shot dead by police ? | McDonalds | 14%
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1389 – France and England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, inaugurating the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years' War. How long did it last ? | 13 years | 0%
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