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On This Day (August 29th) Multiple Choice - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 12 times
- The average score is 6 of 15
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| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1498 – Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Kingdom of Portugal. In which modern day country was Calicut ? | India | 78%
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| 2005 – Which hurricane devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle ? | Katrina | 78%
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| 1786 – Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of which type of worker in Massachusetts, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens ? | Farmers | 56%
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| 1997 – Which company is launched as an internet DVD rental service ? | Netflix | 56%
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| 1898 – Which tyre company is founded ? | Goodyear | 44%
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| 1949 – The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning by the Soviets. What was it named by the US ? | Joe 1 | 44%
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| 1991 – Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from which city, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands ? | Palermo | 44%
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| 1930 – The last 36 remaining inhabitants of which island group are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland ? | St. Kilda | 44%
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| 1950 – Korean War: Troops from which country arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there ? | United Kingdom | 44%
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| 1966 – The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in which US city ? | San Francisco | 33%
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| 870 – The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to the Byzantine occupation of which island ? | Malta | 22%
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| 1911 – Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of which state ? | California | 11%
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| 708 – Copper coins are minted for the first time in which country ? | Japan | 11%
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| 1728 – Which city is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss ? | Nuuk, Greenland | 11%
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| 1965 – The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in which Ocean ? | Atlantic | 0%
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