Question | Answer | % Correct |
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2009 – Which company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history ? | General Motors | 80%
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1962 – Adolf Eichmann is hanged in which country ? | Israel | 80%
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1868 – The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing which native Americans to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico ? | Navajo | 80%
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1943 – BOAC Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay, killing British actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that it was actually an attempt to kill who ? | Winston Churchill | 80%
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1533 – Which of Henry VIII's wives is crowned Queen of England ? | Anne Boleyn | 60%
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1974 – Which medical maneuver is published in the journal Emergency Medicine ? | Heimlich maneuver | 60%
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1495 – A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of what drink ?. | Scotch Whisky | 60%
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1929 – The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in which city ? | Buenos Aires | 40%
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1980 – Which TV channel begins broadcasting ? | Cable News Network (CNN) | 40%
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1831 – James Clark Ross becomes the first European at which point on earth ? | Magnetic North Pole | 40%
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1855 – The American adventurer William Walker conquers which central American country ? | Nicaragua | 40%
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1926 – Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress is born. She attended which Los Angeles high school ? | Van Nuys High School | 40%
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1999 – American Airlines Flight 1420 from Dallas, Texas slides and crashes while landing at it's destination in which city ? | Little Rock, Arkansas | 20%
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1796 – Which state is admitted as the 16th state of the United States ? | Tennessee | 20%
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1648 – The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at which battle in the Second English Civil War ? | Battle of Maidstone | 0%
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