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On V-J Day, where did Japan formally surrender, marking the end of WWII?
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- On board USS Missouri
- Tokyo, Japan
- Okinawa, Japan
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Which American city was sacked and burned this week in 1864 by General Sherman during the US Civil War?
- New Orleans
- Vicksburg
- Atlanta
- Washington DC.
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In 1972 American swimmer Mark Spitz became the first Olympian to win how many gold medals in Munich?
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
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In 1698 Russian Tsar Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards
- True
- False
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Who is this, whose expedition was the 1st to circumnavigate the earth, yet had to return home without him in 1522?
- Francisco Pizzaro
- Walter Raleigh
- Vasco da Gama
- Ferdinand Magellan
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Who was the first European to discover Manhattan Island this week in 1609?
- Juan Ponce de León
- Henry Hudson
- Samuel de Champlain
- Christopher Columbus
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Which sci-fi TV series debuted this week in 1966?
- Doctor Who
- Buck Rogers
- Flash Gordon
- Star Trek
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Who carved this famous statue of David, unveiled in Florence in 1504?
- Michelangelo
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Donatello
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini
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Who was the star of Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho, released this week in 1960?
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James Stewart
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Cary Grant
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Ray Milland
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Anthony Perkins
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When the British Empire (including the American colonies) adopted the Gregorian Calendar in 1752, people protested because they thought the government was stealing 11 days of their lives
- True
- False
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