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Question 1

What deadly January 1919 industrial catastrophe in Boston occurred when a massive storage tank burst, sending sweet syrup through city streets?

Question 2

What 1325 medieval conflict between the rival Italian city-states of Bologna and Modena was fought over the theft of an oak well bucket?

Question 3

What bizarre collegiate youth fad swept American and British universities in 1959, competing to squeeze maximum bodies into glass boxes?

Question 4

Which eccentric nineteenth-century San Francisco merchant declared himself 'Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico' in 1859?

Question 5

What tragic October 1814 disaster in St Giles, London, occurred when a giant brewery vat burst, releasing 323,000 gallons of porter beer?

Question 6

What 1896 confrontation between Great Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar holds the record as the shortest recorded war in history?

Question 7

What infamous 897 AD papal trial saw the rotting corpse of deceased Pope Formosus exhumed, dressed in robes, and placed on trial?

Question 8

What mysterious 1962 outbreak of mass psychogenic illness in East Africa caused uncontrollable laughing fits across schools for months?

Question 9

What bloodless 1859 border standoff on San Juan Island almost ignited war between Britain and the US over a trespasser shooting a swine?

Question 10

What 1738 mechanical automaton created by Jacques de Vaucanson fascinated European nobility by appearing to eat grain and defecate?

What deadly January 1919 industrial catastrophe in Boston occurred when a massive storage tank burst, sending sweet syrup through city streets?