Historical Failures - Statistics

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Answer Stats
Year Hint Answer % Correct
1912 This ship crashes into an iceberg, causing the deaths of over 1500 people The Titanic
95%
-1250* This Greek ruse is foolishly accepted by the people of Troy Trojan Horse
93%
1998 This president states that he 'did not have sexual relations' with Ms. Lewinsky Bill Clinton
90%
2016 Nearly 63 million Americans vote for this man to be their president Donald Trump
88%
1986 This nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine melts down catastrophically Chernobyl
85%
2003 George W. Bush attacks the whole of Iraq for actions by this sole dictator Saddam Hussein
85%
1789* Marie Antoinette allegedly declaims this phrase, starting the French Revolution 'Let them eat cake'
78%
1920 This period, intended to lower crime throughout the United States, begins Prohibition
75%
1986 This NASA space shuttle tragically explodes 72 seconds into its flight Challenger
73%
1978* Emsley A. Laney High School cuts this future star from their basketball team Michael Jordan
63%
1937 This luxury liner, filled with hydrogen, bursts into flames in New Jersey The Hindenburg
60%
1941 This German operation, intended to defeat Russia, backfires spectacularly Barbarossa
53%
2018 This user creates a quiz about failures, thinking the comments won't be political Aesthus
48%
2012 Hillary Clinton blunders her way through this attack on U.S. forces in Libya Benghazi attack
40%
1957 This company creates the Edsel, named for its founder's friend, which bombs Ford
40%
2016 Apple removes this useful component from its newest iPhone Headphone jack
40%
2017 This Southern NFL team blows a 28-3 Super Bowl lead Atlanta Falcons
38%
1998 Bill Gates experiences this infamous error on his PC during a presentation Blue Screen
38%
1898 The U.S. blames this ship's sinking on Spain, inciting a controversial war The Maine
35%
1803 Napoleon sells this 828,000 square mile tract of land for 3 cents an acre Louisiana Territory
30%
2016 This phone, created by Samsung, begins exploding at random Note 7
28%
2010 This oil rig explodes; six years later, a dramatized movie recounts the events Deepwater Horizon
20%
1930 Congress raises these taxes to slow the depression - but makes things worse Tariffs
20%
2017 Apple removes this useful component from its newest iPhone Home button
15%
1999 A metric/imperial err betwixt NASA and this company causes an orbiter to crash Lockheed Martin
5%
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