On This Day (August 14th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1288 – Count Adolf VIII of Berg grants town privileges to which village on the banks of the Düssel river ? Dusseldorf
80%
1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of where ? Scotland
80%
1592 – The first sighting of which island group by Queen Elizabeth I chief navigator John Davis ? Falkland Islands
60%
1980 – Lech Wałęsa leads strikes in which Polish city ? Gdansk
60%
1814 – A cease fire agreement, called the Convention of Moss, ended which war ? Swedish–Norwegian War
60%
2015 – The US Embassy in which city re-opens after 54 years of being closed ? Havana
40%
1936 – Rainey Bethea is hanged in the last known public execution in the United States in which state ? Kentucky
40%
1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opens in which city ? London
40%
1893 – France becomes the first country to introduce what ? Motor vehicle registration
40%
2003 – What event affects the northeast United States and Canada ? Power Blackout
40%
1598 – Nine Years' War: Battle of the Yellow Ford: Irish forces defeat an English expeditionary force. In which county was the battle fought ? County Armagh
20%
1370 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, grants city privileges to the European town of Carlsbad which is now known by what name ? Karlovy Vary
20%
1912 – U.S. Marines invade which country to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier ? Nicaragua
20%
1967 – UK Offences Act declares participation in what illegal ? Offshore pirate radio
20%
1885 – Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of what product ? Rust-proof paint
0%
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