Date | Year | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
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May 8 | 1945 | This nation unconditionally surrenders | Germany | 92%
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May 7 | 2000 | This judo enthusiast becomes President of Russia | Vladimir Putin | 90%
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May 10 | 1994 | This man becomes the first black leader of South Africa | Nelson Mandela | 89%
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May 13 | 1888 | Brazil finally abolishes this | Slavery | 88%
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May 11 | 1997 | A computer beats world champion Garry Kasparov at this activity | Chess | 87%
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May 2 | 2011 | This infamous person is killed in Pakistan | Osama Bin Laden | 87%
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May 19 | 1962 | This actress sings "Happy Birthday" to President Kennedy | Marilyn Monroe | 85%
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May 12 | 1949 | The USSR lifts its blockade of this city | Berlin | 80%
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May 27 | 1927 | This company discontinues the Model T | Ford | 80%
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May 29 | 1953 | Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach the summit of this mountain | Mount Everest | 79%
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May 16 | 1929 | These awards are presented for the first time | The Academy Awards | 78%
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May 30 | 1431 | This female warrior is burned at the stake | Joan of Arc | 76%
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May 1 | 1328 | England recognizes the independence of this country | Scotland | 74%
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May 23 | 1533 | This king divorces Catherine of Aragon | King Henry VIII | 73%
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May 6 | 1937 | This German zeppelin is destroyed by fire | Hindenburg | 71%
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May 14 | 1796 | Edward Jenner administers the first vaccine for this disease | Smallpox | 71%
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May 26 | 1940 | Allied forces evacuate Europe from this city in France | Dunkirk | 61%
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May 20 | 1498 | This Portuguese explorer reaches India by sea | Vasco da Gama | 60%
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May 24 | 1844 | Samuel Morse sends the first official message using this device | Telegraph | 59%
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May 18 | 1980 | This volcano erupts in the U.S. state of Washington | Mount St. Helens | 58%
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May 5 | 1260 | This khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire | Kublai | 57%
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May 28 | 1998 | This country tests nuclear weapons for the first time | Pakistan | 57%
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May 9 | 1936 | This country is formally annexed by Italy | Ethiopia | 56%
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May 25 | 1787 | The Constitutional Convention opens in this city | Philadelphia | 54%
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May 21 | 1927 | This aviator reaches Paris after a non-stop flight from New York | Charles Lindbergh | 52%
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May 3 | 1973 | This building is completed. It would be the tallest in the world for over 20 years. | {Sears} Tower | 51%
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May 31 | 1916 | The UK and Germany fight this famous naval battle, named for Denmark's main peninsula | Battle of {Jutland} | 49%
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May 15 | 1972 | This island, under U.S. occupation, reverts to Japanese control | Okinawa | 48%
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May 4 | 1994 | This PLO leader signs a peace accord with Israel | Yasser Arafat | 48%
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May 17 | 1805 | Muhammad Ali becomes leader of this country | Egypt | 41%
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May 22 | 1807 | This former U.S. Vice President is indicted on charges of treason | Aaron Burr | 28%
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