On This Day (April 19th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1943 – Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with what substance for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16 ? Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
78%
1782 – John Adams secures a Dutch recognition of the US government. The first American embassy is the house he had purchased in which city ? The Hague
67%
1770 – Captain James Cook sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia, although he is still holding the which rank ? Lieutenant
56%
2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and is known by what name ? Pope Benedict XVI
56%
1971 – Which African country becomes a republic with Siaka Stevens as the president ? Sierra Leone
56%
1987 – The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on which TV show ? The Tracey Ullman Show
56%
1999 – The German Bundestag returns to Berlin from which city ? Bonn
44%
1608 – In Ireland: O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of which town ? Derry
44%
1971 – The Launch of Salyut 1, the first what ? Space Station
44%
1984 – Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and what other colour as the national colours ? Gold
33%
1770 – Marie Antoinette marries which king of France in a proxy wedding ? Louis XVI
33%
1956 – Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco. Where did they honeymoon ? Mediterranean Cruise
33%
1677 – The French army captures the town of Cambrai that is held by which nations troops ? Spain
22%
2011 – Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since when ? July 1961
0%
1927 – Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity in which of her plays ? Sex
0%
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