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On This Day (August 27th) Multiple Choice - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 10 times
- The average score is 5 of 15
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| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1896 – The shortest war in world history takes place between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar. How long does it last ? | Less than an hour | 71%
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| 1985 – The government of which country is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida ? | Nigeria | 71%
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| 2011 – Which hurricane strikes the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage ? | Irene | 57%
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| 1828 – Brazil and Argentina recognize the sovereignty of Uruguay in the Treaty of which city ? | Montevideo | 57%
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| 1832 – The leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities. What was his name ? | Black Hawk | 43%
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| 1933 – The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in which South African city ? | Bloemfontein | 43%
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| 1813 – French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians in a battle on land near which present day German city ? | Dresden | 43%
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| 1810 – The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France, now known as which country ? | Mauritius | 43%
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| 1956 – Calder Hall in the United Kingdom became the world's first commercial power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale by what means ? | Nuclear | 43%
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| 1916 – World War I: Which nation declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations ? | Romania | 29%
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| 1928 – The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately how many nations will sign it ? | Sixty One | 29%
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| 1859 – Petroleum is discovered in which US state leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well ? | Pennsylvania | 14%
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| 1971 – An attempted coup d'état fails in which African nation ? | Chad | 0%
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| 1991 – Which country declares it's independence from the USSR ? | Moldova | 0%
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| 1962 – The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to which planet by NASA ? | Venus | 0%
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