Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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1896 | The first modern olympics are held in this city | Athens | 91%
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1889 | This future leader is born in Braunau, Austria | Adolf Hitler | 89%
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1887 | Flooding of this river kills 900,000 in Asia | Yellow River | 87%
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1865 | This man is shot in the head | Abraham Lincoln | 82%
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1867 | Russia sells this territory | Alaska | 82%
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1898 | The United States declared war on this nation | Spain | 81%
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1880 | The British go to war against this group in South Africa | Boers | 80%
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1859 | "On the Origin of Species" is published by this man | Charles Darwin | 79%
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1876 | The telephone is invented by this man | Alexander Graham Bell | 78%
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1845 | A famine of this crop strikes Ireland | Potato | 77%
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1890 | This famous artist commits suicide | Vincent Van Gogh | 77%
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1866 | Alfred Nobel first produces this explosive | Dynamite | 76%
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1873 | This article of clothing is invented by Levi Strauss | Jeans | 74%
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1869 | This famous waterway opens | Suez Canal | 74%
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1894 | Japan annexes this island, along with Korea | Formosa | 73%
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1872 | This becomes the world's first national park | Yellowstone | 73%
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1897 | A marathon is hosted in this city, and is still annually held | Boston | 72%
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1870 | People rush to southern Africa in search of this mineral | Diamond | 72%
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1815 | Napoleon is defeated at this battle | Battle of {Waterloo} | 71%
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1892 | Arthur Conan Doyle publishes this book | The Adventures of {Sherlock Holmes} | 71%
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1827 | This great composer dies | Ludwig Van Beethoven | 70%
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1895 | Guglielmo Marconi sends a message though this medium | Radio | 70%
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1804 | This man declares himself emperor of France | Napoleon Bonaparte | 68%
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1839 | The first of these wars begins between China and Britain | {Opium} Wars | 68%
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1886 | This statue is unveiled | Statue of Liberty | 68%
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1803 | This territory is sold to the United States | Louisiana | 66%
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1899 | This "rebellion" begins in China | {Boxer} Rebellion | 65%
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1883 | This Indonesia volcano erupts and is heard in Australia | Krakatoa | 65%
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1810 | This German festival is first held | Oktoberfest | 64%
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1801 | The parliament of the United Kingdom is merged with the parliament of this country | Ireland | 63%
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1891 | This sport is invented in Springfield, Massachusetts | Basketball | 62%
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1820 | This land mass is discovered, the last large discovery of its kind | Antarctica | 61%
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1819 | This island city in Asia is founded by the British | Singapore | 61%
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1856 | Russia loses this war | {Crimean} War | 60%
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1851 | Herman Melville publishes this novel | Moby Dick | 60%
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1822 | This South American country gains independence | Brazil | 59%
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1848 | This book is published by Karl Marx and Frederich Engels | Communist Manifesto | 59%
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1809 | Sweden cedes this territory to Russia | Finland | 59%
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1863 | Maximilian of Austria becomes emperor of this country | Mexico | 59%
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1818 | This piece of literature is published by Mary Shelley | Frankenstein | 58%
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1837 | Samuel Morse patents this invention | Telegraph | 58%
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1853 | This nation becomes an empire (again) | France | 57%
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1881 | This U.S president is assassinated | James Garfield | 57%
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1812 | This war begins between the U.S and Britain | War of 1812 | 57%
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1814 | This city is burned by British troops | Washington D.C | 57%
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1888 | This man gains control of Germany | Wilhelm II | 57%
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1821 | This country begins to break away from the Ottoman Empire, the first to do so | Greece | 56%
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1836 | Texans lose to the Mexicans at this "remembered" battle | Battle of the {Alamo} | 55%
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1893 | This country is first to allow women to vote | New Zealand | 55%
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1805 | This naval battle occurs of the coast of Spain | Battle of {Trafalgar} | 53%
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1862 | An early version of this handheld sphere with three holes is invented | Bowling Ball | 53%
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1828 | John Adams and this president both die on July 4th | Thomas Jefferson | 52%
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1847 | The U.S's takeover of California is essentially complete when Mexico retreats from this city | Los Angeles | 51%
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1813 | Jane Austin publishes this story about the Bennett family | Pride and Prejudice | 50%
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1871 | Henry Stanley finds this man in Central Africa | Dr. Livingstone | 49%
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1864 | Their organization is founded in Geneva, Switzerland | Red Cross | 49%
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1882 | Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy for this alliance | {Triple} Alliance | 49%
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1877 | Thomas Edison creates this recording device | Phonograph | 48%
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1861 | The U.S breaks into civil war after this state secedes | South Carolina | 48%
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1825 | This canal opens, connecting the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean | Erie Canal | 45%
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1811 | Russian settlers establish a trading post just north of this Pacific coast city | San Francisco | 45%
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1838 | Native American groups are forced off their land in the trail of tears. This group lost over 4,000 people | Cherokee | 44%
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1833 | Britain seizes control of these Atlantic islands | Falkland Islands | 44%
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1850 | The Harvard observatory takes the first photo of Vega, which is one of these | Star | 44%
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1884 | A conference starts in this city to decide how Africa should be divided | Berlin | 43%
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1874 | This region becomes part of New York City | Bronx | 42%
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1830 | This religious sect is founded by Joseph Smith | Mormonism | 41%
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1878 | This group defeats Britain in a battle at Isandhwana | Zulu | 41%
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1843 | Charles Dickens publishes this novel | A Christmas Carol | 39%
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1854 | This British monument is finished | Big Ben | 39%
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1855 | This city is destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami | Edo | 39%
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1806 | This "empire" of Europe falls | Holy Roman Empire | 39%
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1834 | This event, taking place in Spain since 1478, finally ends | Spanish Inquisition | 37%
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1824 | This chocolate company famous for eggs is founded in Birmingham | Cadbury | 36%
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1800 | John Ritter discovers this non-visible light | Ultraviolet | 36%
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1802 | A military academy is created in this town in New York | West Point | 35%
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1817 | First Seminole war begins in this U.S State | Florida | 34%
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1835 | Stories like "Thumbelina" and "The Princess and the Pea" are authored by this man | Hans Christian Andersen | 32%
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1840 | The upper and lower parts of this colony are united | Canada | 30%
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1844 | The vulcanization of rubber is patented by this man | Charles Goodyear | 30%
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1826 | This ship departs to survey parts of South America | HMS Beagle | 30%
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1868 | This feudal military government of Japan is abolished | Shogunate | 30%
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1858 | The government of India is transferred from this group to the British Crown | East India Company | 28%
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1832 | The source of this river is discovered by Henry Schoolcraft | Mississippi River | 28%
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1849 | This indépendant nation is declared in Italy | New {Roman} Republic | 28%
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1846 | This woodwind instrument is invented in Belgium | Saxophone | 27%
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1879 | The war of the Pacific begins, which would eventually result in a victory for this nation | Chile | 25%
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1885 | This man creates a vaccine for Rabies | Louis Pasteur | 25%
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1831 | This South American state dissolves | Gran Colombia | 24%
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1823 | This wearable mode of transportation is patented | Roller Skates | 19%
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1829 | The first motor of this type is constructed | Electric | 16%
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1807 | Both the United States and Britain outlaw this practice | Slave Trade | 15%
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1860 | This group is allowed to vote in Britain | Jews | 13%
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1852 | A fire destroys much of this North American city | Montreal | 13%
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1816 | The eruption of this volcano causes the "Year without a Summer" | Mt. Tambora | 12%
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1857 | This group of soldiers rebel in India | Sepoy | 12%
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1808 | This man becomes king of Spain | Joseph Bonaparte | 9%
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1841 | This author publishes his first of multiple murder mysteries | Edgar Allen Poe | 7%
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1842 | This man's third "Scottish" symphony is performed | Felix Mendelssohn | 7%
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1875 | This region rebels against the Ottomans | Herzegovina | 3%
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