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Music·hard
What is the name of the music festival held annually in Springfield?
Hullabalooza✓ correct
Springstock
The Music Fest
Duff Festival
the simpsonseventsmusicspringfield
History·medium
When was Israel created?
1948✓ correct
1940
1956
1961
eventspoliticsthe middle easthistorygovernmentgeography
History·hard
When was the ENIAC, the first programmable computer, created?
1945✓ correct
1929
1960
1911
eventsfirststechnologyinventionshistoryrecords
History·medium
When was the partition of India and Pakistan?
1947✓ correct
1891
1763
1999
eventsindiapoliticscountrieshistoryasia
History·medium
Which President of the USA infamously allowed the bugging of the Democratic Committee headquarters?
Richard Nixon✓ correct
Donald Trump
Ronald Reagan
George W Bush
presidentseventsusahistoryleadersgovernment
History·medium
In which year did the Vietnam war begin?
1955✓ correct
1939
1947
1963
eventswarscold warsoutheast asiausahistory
History·medium
What had been the planned destination of the Titanic before it sank?
New York City✓ correct
Miami
Liverpool
Southampton
historyboatseventstransportationmaritimetechnology
History·medium
When did the Arab Spring topple a number of governments?
2010✓ correct
2016
2004
1998
eventsrevolutionshistory
History·medium
In what year did a tsunami trigger the Fukushima nuclear disaster?
2011✓ correct
2009
2018
2001
natural disastershistoryjapannatureeventscountries
History·medium
When was the first satellite sent into orbit?
1957✓ correct
1941
1949
1965
eventsfirstsspace explorationtechnologycold warhistory
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History·medium
Who was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas?
President John F. Kennedy✓ correct
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Lennon
Mahatma Gandhi
usaeventsgeneral knowledgepeoplehistorycountries
History·medium
When was COVID-19 declared a Global Pandemic?
2020✓ correct
2019
2021
2018
eventsmedicinehistorysciencehealth
History·medium
Which geographical location was the first word spoken on the moon?
Houston✓ correct
Austin
Dallas
Atlanta
historygeographyplacesspace explorationeventsscience
History·medium
In what year did the Dow Jones Industrial Average crash and lose 23% of its value in what is known as 'Black Tuesday'?
1929✓ correct
1987
2001
2008
economicseventshistorybusinesssocietysociology
History·medium
In which year were the 9/11 attacks?
2001✓ correct
1993
1997
2005
eventsusahistorycountriesgeographyplaces
History·medium
In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?
1989✓ correct
1980
1985
1994
history1900scold wargermanyevents20th century
History·medium
What historic event does the nursery rhyme 'Ring-a-ring of roses' commemorate?
The Great Plague✓ correct
The Napoleonic Wars
The Fall of Rome
The Discovery of the New World
songseventshistorymusicarts and literature
History·medium
In which year did the first human set foot on the moon?
1969✓ correct
1948
1955
1962
eventsfirstsspace explorationspacecold warhistory
History·medium
When was the first black US President elected?
2008✓ correct
2000
2004
2012
eventsfirstspeoplepresidentspoliticsusa
History·medium
In which year was the Iranian Revolution?
1979✓ correct
1967
1995
2002
eventsthe middle eastrevolutionshistorygeographyasia
History·medium
Which Egyptian president ordered the seizure of the Suez Canal in 1956?
President Nassar✓ correct
President Kassar
President Passar
President Hassar
1950sbodies of watereventspoliticshistorydecades
History·medium
When did the Maastricht Treaty lay the foundation for the European Union?
1992✓ correct
1945
1960
1977
eventspoliticseuropehistorygovernmentcontinents
History·hard
When was the first chemotherapy treatment?
1956✓ correct
1932
1940
1921
eventsfirstsmedicinehistoryrecordsscience
History·hard
When was the first MRI scan of a human being?
1977✓ correct
1954
1990
2003
eventsfirstsmedicinetechnologyhistoryrecords
History·hard
In which year was the first commercial jet flight?
1952✓ correct
1928
1936
1944
eventsfirstshistoryrecordsmusic
History·hard
In which year did women gain the right to vote in the UK?
1928✓ correct
1910
1937
1945
eventscivil rightspoliticshistorysociety and culturegovernment
History·hard
In which year was the Rwandan Genocide?
1994✓ correct
2001
1985
1977
eventsafricahistorycontinentsgeography
History·hard
When the penicillin first successfully used to treat a patient for septicaemia?
1942✓ correct
1918
1926
1934
eventsfirstsmedicinehistoryrecordsscience
History·hard
In which year was the the contraceptive pill first approved for use?
1960✓ correct
1953
1971
1980
eventsmedicinefirstshistorysciencehealth
History·hard
In which year was Nelson Mandela released from prison?
1990✓ correct
1980
1985
1995
eventscivil rightsleaderspeoplepoliticshistory
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History·medium
When did the United States enact the Marshall Plan?
1948✓ correct
1890
1966
2002
eventsusapoliticshistorycountriesgovernment
History·hard
When was the first heart transplant?
1967✓ correct
1973
1979
1985
eventsfirstsmedicinehistoryrecordsscience
History·hard
In which year was the discovery of treatment for AIDS?
1987✓ correct
1977
1982
1992
eventsmedicinehistorysciencehealth
History·hard
In which year was the digital camera invented?
1975✓ correct
1957
1963
1969
eventsinventionstechnologyhistoryscience
History·hard
In which year was the first defibrillator used?
1947✓ correct
1931
1959
1974
eventsfirstsmedicinehistoryrecordsscience
History·hard
When was the pacemaker invented?
1958✓ correct
1934
1942
1971
eventsmedicineinventionshistorysciencehealth
History·hard
In which year was a mammal first cloned?
1996✓ correct
1986
1991
2001
eventsfirstsanimalshistoryrecordsnature
History·hard
In which year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat in protest of racial inequality?
1955✓ correct
1947
1963
1971
eventscivil rightsusahistorysociety and culturecountries
History·hard
In which year was the first “test tube baby” conceived using IVF?
1978✓ correct
1972
1984
1990
eventsfirstsmedicinehistoryrecordsscience
History·easy
When did Alan Turing break the Enigma code?
1945✓ correct
1921
1880
1972
eventstechnologyhistoryscience
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