On This Day (August 4th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1962 – Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress dies of what cause ? Drug Overdose
85%
1824 – The Battle of Kos is fought between Greece and which other nation's forces ? Turkey
77%
1984 – The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to what ? Burkina Faso
62%
1965 – The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within which nation ? New Zealand
62%
1946 – An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits which Caribbean country killing 100 and leaving 20,000 homeless ? Dominican Republic
54%
1693 – Date traditionally ascribed to the invention of champagne by which person ? Dom Perignon
54%
1944 – A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in what type of building in Amsterdam , where they find Anne Frank and her family ? Warehouse
54%
1790 – A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service. This is the forerunner of which US department ? Coast Guard
46%
2019 – Nine people are killed and 26 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio. This comes only 12 hours after another mass shooting in which city ? El Paso, Texas
46%
1975 – The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in which city ? Kuala Lumpur
46%
1952 – Moya Brennan, Irish singer-songwriter and harp player is born. She is known as a member of which succesful Irish band ? Clannad
38%
1889 – The Great Fire of which US city destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project ? Spokane, Washington
38%
1901 – Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer is born in New Orleans. Which of these was NOT one of his nicknames ? Toots
31%
1783 – Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes an additional 20,000 deaths in the following what ? Famine
15%
1914 – In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. Which country declares its neutrality ? United States
15%
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