On This Day (August 23rd) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1839 – The United Kingdom captures which area as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China ? Hong Kong
100%
1991 – What is opened to the public on this day ? World Wide Web
67%
1914 – World War I: Japan declares war on which country ? Germany
50%
1521 – Christian II of Denmark is deposed as king and Gustav Vasa is elected regent in which country ? Sweden
50%
2007 – The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members are discovered near which Russian city ? Yekaterinburg
50%
1948 – World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from how many countries ? 44
33%
1873 – Which bridge over the river Thames in London is opened ? Albert Bridge
33%
1382 – The Golden Horde led by Tokhtamysh lays siege to which city ? Moscow
33%
1944 – Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into what type of building in Freckleton, England ? School
33%
1985 – Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to which country ? East Germany
17%
1944 – World War II: Which French city is liberated by the Allies ? Marseille
17%
1990 – Which country declares its independence from the Soviet Union ? Armenia
0%
1784 – Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under what name ? Franklin
0%
1898 – The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from which city ? London
0%
1904 – The automobile safety accessory is patented ? Tyre chain
0%
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