On This Day (December 28th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as what ? X rays
60%
1944 – Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of which major league sport ? Ice Hockey
50%
1918 – Constance Markievicz became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons. Where was she when elected ? In prison
50%
1795 – Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in what is now which present-day Canadian city ? Toronto
50%
1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in which city ? San Francisco
40%
1308 – The reign of Emperor Hanazono of Japan begins. He was which emperor ? 95th
30%
1846 – Which state is admitted as the 29th U.S. state ? Iowa
30%
1954 – Denzel Washington, American actor, director, and producer is born in a suburb of which city ? New York
30%
418 – A papal conclave begins, resulting in the election of which Pope ? Pope Boniface I
30%
1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to do what ? Resign
30%
1879 – The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75. The bridge is near which UK city ? Dundee
20%
1958 – "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat which team in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game ? New York Giants
20%
1941 – World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate which high-ranking Nazi officer, commences. Reinhard Heydrich
20%
2014 – Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to which city ? Singapore
20%
1836 – Which Australia state is founded ? South Australia
20%
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