Question | Answer | % Correct |
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1789 – Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of what ? | Treasury | 65%
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1914 – World War I: Which nation invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka ? | Australia | 61%
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2001 – The fourth plane involved in the September 11 terrorist attacks lands in a field near which Pennsylvania town ? | Shanksville | 58%
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1709 – Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against which nation ? | France | 55%
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1226 – The first recorded instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally begins in which city ? | Avignon | 35%
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1989 – Hungary announces that the refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave. They were refugees from which country ? | East Germany | 32%
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1390 – The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of which city ? | Vilnius | 32%
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1944 – World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near which city ? | Aachen | 29%
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1922 – The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in which Australian city ? | Melbourne | 26%
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1972 – Which city's Rapid Transit system begins passenger service ? | San Francisco | 26%
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1609 – Henry Hudson discovers which island and the indigenous people living there ? | Manhattan Island | 23%
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1792 – The Hope Diamond is stolen when six men break into the house where it is stored. What is the approximate weight of the diamond ? | 45 carats | 19%
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1954 – Hurricane Edna hits which area of North America as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths ? | New England | 13%
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2012 – A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in which country ? | Pakistan | 13%
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1919 – The United States Marine Corps invades which country ? | Honduras | 10%
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