Question 1
In 1989, the fall of a heavily guarded barrier became a symbol of the end of division in which German city?
- Berlin
- Vienna
- Warsaw
- Prague
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Berlin
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Historical News Events trivia quiz
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What the Historical News Events questions cover
- Cold War
- Watergate
- Civil Rights
- D-Day
- Prague Spring
- Space Race
- Suez Crisis
- Tiananmen
- World War II
- Apartheid
- Assassination
- Berlin Wall
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Question 2
Which mission first carried humans to the lunar surface in 1969?
- Apollo 8
- Apollo 11
- Apollo 13
- Gemini 4
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Apollo 11
Question 3
Whose 1914 assassination in Sarajevo helped trigger the First World War?
- Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Woodrow Wilson
- Franz Ferdinand
- Nicholas II
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Franz Ferdinand
In a real match you’d have ten seconds for each, and faster right answers score more.
How a Historical News Events match works
- Seven rounds. The same seven Historical News Events questions for you and your opponent.
- Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
- The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.
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