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On This Day (August 16th) Multiple Choice - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 16 times
- The average score is 5 of 15
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1913 – Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit what type of student ? | Female | 67%
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| 1819 – Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field in which English city ? | Manchester | 56%
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| 1962 – Pete Best is discharged from The Beatles, to be replaced two days later by which member ? | Ringo Starr | 56%
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| 1960 – Which country gains its independence from the United Kingdom and is doomed forever to be a source of arguments as to it's location ? | Cyprus | 44%
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| 1930 – The first British Empire Games, now known as the Commonwealth Games, were opened in which city ? | Hamilton, Canada | 44%
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| 1896 – Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of which Canadian river ? | Klondike | 44%
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| 1918 – The Battle of which lake was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army ? | Lake Baikal | 44%
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| 2012 – Which country's police force fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute ? | South Africa | 44%
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| 1858 – U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with who ? | Queen Victoria (UK monarch) | 33%
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| 1923 – The United Kingdom gives what name to part of its claimed Antarctic territory ? | Ross Dependency | 33%
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| 1780 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden in which state ? | South Carolina | 22%
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| 1891 – The Basilica of San Sebastian in Manila, is officially inaugurated and blessed. It is the first church in Asia to be made of what material ? | Steel | 22%
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| 1989 – A solar particle event affects computers at the which Stock Exchange, forcing a halt to trading ? | Toronto | 22%
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| 1328 – The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until which year ? | 1708 | 11%
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| 1942 – World War II: A naval L-class blimp drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in which city in California ? | Daly City | 0%
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