Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1950 – Joey Kramer, American drummer and songwriter is born. He is the drummer of which band ? | Aerosmith | 56%
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1900 – Boxer Rebellion. In an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi, China declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, and which other two nations ? | France and Japan | 56%
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2009 – Which territory assumes self-rule ? | Greenland | 56%
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1749 – Which Canadian city is founded ? | Halifax, Nova Scotia | 56%
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1942 – World War II: Which North African port falls to Italian and German forces ? | Tobruk, Libya | 44%
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1919 – Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in which body of water ? | Scapa Flow, Orkney, UK | 33%
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1957 – Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female what ? | Cabinet Minister | 22%
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1942 – World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near which river, firing 17 shells in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland ? | Columbia River, Oregon | 22%
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1898 – The United States captures which island from Spain ? | Guam | 22%
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1978 – The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opened at which London theatre ? | Prince Edward Theatre | 22%
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1798 – Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at which battle ? | Battle of Vinegar Hill | 11%
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2006 – Which heavenly body's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra ? | Pluto | 11%
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1963 – Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as which Pope ? | Pope Paul VI | 11%
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2004 – The first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight takes off. What was it called ? | SpaceShipOne | 0%
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1919 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the general strike in which city ? | Winnipeg | 0%
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