Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon. Where did they land ? | Sea of Tranquility | 91%
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2015 – The United States and which nation resume full diplomatic relations after five decades ? | Cuba | 73%
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1976 – The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on which heavenly body ? | Mars | 64%
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1871 – Which province joins the confederation of Canada ? | British Columbia | 55%
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1799 – Tekle Giyorgis I begins his first of six reigns as Emperor of which nation ? | Ethiopia | 55%
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1903 – Which motor company ships its first automobile after being incorporated 4 days earlier ? | Ford | 45%
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1940 – California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway. It connects Los angeles with which city ? | Pasadena | 45%
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1982 – The Provisional IRA detonates bombs in Hyde Park and which other park in central London ? | Regents Park | 36%
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1997 – The fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in how many years ? | 116 | 18%
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1402 – Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I in a battle near to which present day Turkish city? | Ankara | 18%
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1954 – Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to which country ? | East Germany | 18%
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1807 – Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first what ? | Internal combustion engine | 18%
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1934 – Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon strikers from which profession ? | Truck Drivers | 18%
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1940 – Which country leaves the League of Nations ? | Denmark | 9%
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1951 – King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in which city ? | Jerusalem | 9%
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