On This Day (August 31st) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash on what type of road in Paris ? Tunnel
100%
1888 – Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims in which district of London ? Whitechapel
100%
1864 – During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on which city ? Atlanta
67%
1918 – World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by an Army Corps from which country ? Australia
67%
1795 – The British capture Trincomalee from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands. What is Trincomalee known as today ? Sri Lanka
67%
1957 – The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from which country ? United Kingdom
67%
1943 – "USS Harmon" is commissioned. It is the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after what ? A black person
50%
1993 – Russia completes removing its troops from which country ? Lithuania
50%
1936 – Which radio station, now an official international broadcasting station of an Eastern European country, goes on the air ? Radio Prague
50%
1422 – King Henry V of England dies while in France of which condition ? Dysentry
33%
1994 – Russia completes removing its troops from which country ? Estonia
33%
1935 – In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, which country passes the first of its Neutrality Acts ? United States
17%
1314 – King Haakon V of Norway moves the capital to Oslo from which city ? Bergen
0%
1986 – The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in which sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev ? Black Sea
0%
1776 – William Livingston begins serving his first term as the first Governor of which state ? New Jersey
0%
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