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1. The May 1970 Kent State University students' killing by National Guardsmen is well known in American history. A similar shooting by police, killing two students, occurred 11 days later at what Southern university, named after the capital of Mississippi?
2. New Zealand's national day is Waitangi Day. It commemorates the signing in 1840 of a treaty between Pakeha (European) and the indigenous Maori. On what day is this national holiday celebrated?
3. What band made history in 1986 for being the first to sell a million copies of an album released on compact disc?
4. What technology company was founded on April Fools' Day, 1976 (but looks like it will have the last laugh)?
5. Indigenous rights in Australia made some progress in the twentieth century. One of the most significant events took place at Wave Hill Station in the Northern Territory, when the Gurindji people walked off the station in protest of conditions. What was the month and year of the strike?
6. D-Day on the 6th June 1944, marked the start of the Normandy invasion. The United Kingdom had another D-Day on 15th February 1971. What occasion did this D-Day mark?
7. Rugby Union Football (Rugby) is New Zealand's national game. It is reputed to have begun in 1823 during a game of school football (soccer) when a boy picked up the ball and ran with it. What was the name of this boy?
8. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) has become the key model for student organizing groups since its founding in the early 1960s at what university?
9. In what year did the self-governing colonies unite to form the Commonwealth (nation) of Australia?
10. In 1952, Albert Ghiorso identified a new element. He named this element after a famous scientist, Albert Einstein. What was the name of this element?
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