Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1570 – Abraham Ortelius issues "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", the first modern what ? | Atlas | 75%
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1940 – The first prisoners arrive at a new German concentration camp called what ? | Auschwitz | 75%
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1840 – York Minster, in the UK, is badly damaged by what ? | Fire | 75%
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1932 – Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing where the next day ? | Ireland | 75%
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1883 – Which volcano begins to erupt; it explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people ? | Krakatoa | 75%
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1990 – The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in which European country ? | Romania | 75%
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1802 – Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates what in the French colonies ? | Slavery | 75%
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1969 – Which battle of the Vietnam War ends ? | Battle of Hamburger Hill | 50%
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1946 – Cherilyn Sarkisian, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress, is born. By what name is she better known ? | Cher | 50%
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1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with what feature ? | Copper Rivets | 50%
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1980 – A referendum calling for independance is rejected by 60% of the voters in which region ? | Quebec, Canada | 50%
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1902 – Cuba gains independence from which nation ? | United States | 50%
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1497 – John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, looking for a route to the west. What is the name of his ship ? | Matthew | 25%
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1956 – The first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean under the codename of Operation what ? | Redwing | 25%
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1861 – American Civil War: Which state proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state ? | Kentucky | 0%
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