On This Day (August 26th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1542 – Francisco de Orellana completed the first known navigation of which river ? Amazon
88%
1977 – The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of which region ? Quebec
88%
1768 – Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board which ship ?. HMS Endeavour
75%
1944 – World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters which French city ? Paris
75%
1883 – The 1883 eruption of which volcano begins its final, paroxysmal, stage ? Krakatoa
63%
1791 – John Fitch is granted a United States patent for which invention ? Steamboat
63%
1914 – World War I: Which German colony surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign ? Togoland
63%
1748 – The first Lutheran denomination in North America is founded in which city ?. Philadelphia
50%
1778 – The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in which country ? Slovenia
50%
1444 – A vastly outnumbered force of Swiss Confederates is defeated by the Dauphin Louis (future Louis XI of France) and his army of 'Armagnacs' near which Swiss city ? Basel
25%
1978 – Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as which Pope ? John Paul I
25%
1910 – Mother Teresa, nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and Nobel Prize laureate is born in which Eastern European city ? Skopje
25%
2009 – Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for how many years ? 18
13%
1940 – Which country becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor ? Chad
0%
1980 – John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in which Nevada community ? Stateline
0%
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