On This Day (December 18th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1787 – Which state becomes the third to ratify the U.S. Constitution ? New Jersey
67%
1892 – The Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky takes place in which city ? Saint Petersburg
67%
1622 – Portuguese forces score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in which present-day country ? Angola
50%
1944 – World War II: Seventy-seven B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb a Japanese supply base in which city ? Hankow, China
33%
1499 – A rebellion breaks out in Alpujarras in response to the forced conversions of people of which religion in Spain ? Islam
33%
2005 – The Chadian Civil War begins when rebel groups launch an attack in Adré.They are allegedly backed by which neighbouring nation ? Sudan
33%
2018 – A meteor explodes over which body of water with a force over 10 times greater than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945 ? Bering Sea
17%
1898 – Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245 mph in a Jeantaud car. By what was the car powered ? Electric
17%
1793 – The French frigate "La Lutine" surrenders to Lord Samuel Hood. It is renamed as what, only to later become a famous treasure wreck ? HMS Lutine
17%
1973 – Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, is launched from Baikonur in what is now Kazakhstan. What was the former name of Baikonur ? Leninsk
17%
2006 – The first of a series of floods strikes which country ? The death toll of all flooding is at least 118 Malaysia
17%
2006 – Which country holds its first-ever elections ? United Arab Emirates
17%
1966 – Which of Saturn's moons is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker ? Epimetheus
0%
1777 – The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in which month ? October
0%
1878 – The Al-Thani family become the rulers of which nation ? Qatar
0%
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