In 1930, Charles Creighton & James Hargis drove from New York to Los Angeles and back entirely in reverse gear, and without stopping the engine once. How many days did it take?
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Four people have opened the Olympic Games twice. Name three of them.
(All were heads of state.)
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Marine Lance Corporal Darwin Judge was the last American serviceman to die in the Vietnam War, one day before the fall of Saigon.
Who was older? Lance Corporal Darwin, or the Vietnam War itself?
The Wright Brothers flew for the first time in 1903.
Six years later, John Moore Brabazon flew what is believed to be the first flight with live cargo. What animal did he take with him on a flight?
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Name the city from this historical map.
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President Trump got some historical facts mixed up when he mentioned George Washington’s troops taking over airports.
Social media really went with it.
For your team name this week we want you to make another historical mistake.
Abraham Lincoln got the Hebrews out of Egypt.
Luke Skywalker blew up Pearl Harbour.
The Vikings discovered Australia.
Any obvious historical mistake will get you a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
Armstrong’s Law states that as a conversation continues, the likelihood of an American mentioning what event increases.
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To Anacreon in Heaven was an 18th Century drinking song sung by the members of a gentlemen’s club in London.
It is also the tune of what national anthem.
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In 1880, an Irish community began a campaign of ostracising a British land agent they felt had been treating them unfairly, refusing to harvest his crops, cook his meals, wash his clothes, deliver his letters, or serve him in shops.
What was the land agent’s surname? (His name became a word describing the campaign of exclusion.)
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There was a man named Albert in Nazi Germany.
He had a truck sent to a concentration camp with a request for labourers. He then had it driven to a remote location where he released the prisoners and let them escape.
What was his surname?
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