On This Day (August 25th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1823 – American fur trapper Hugh Glass is injured by what animal whilst on an expedition in South Dakota ? Grizzly Bear
93%
1609 – Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first what to Venetian lawmakers ? Telescope
71%
1991 – Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become which computer software operating system ? Linux
64%
1825 – Which nation declares its independence from Brazil ? Uruguay
50%
1875 – Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover to Calais in what time ? 21 hours and 45 minutes
43%
1543 – António Mota and a few companions become the first Europeans to visit which country ? Japan
43%
1981 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to which planet ? Saturn
43%
1980 – Which African country joins the United Nations ? Zimbabwe
43%
1939 – The United Kingdom and which country form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend the other in case of invasion by a foreign power ? Poland
36%
2012 – Voyager 1 spacecraft becomes the first man-made object to do what ? Enter Interstellar Space
29%
1989 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to which planet ? Neptune
29%
1950 – President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's what to avert a strike ? Railroads
29%
1835 – The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in which newspaper, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon ? The New York Sun
21%
1940 – World War II: The first Bombing of which German city by the British Royal Air Force ? Berlin
7%
1270 – King Louis IX of France dies in which city while on the Eighth Crusade ? Tunis
0%
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