On This Day (February 15th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
1989 – The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left which country ? Afghanistan
100%
A meteor explodes injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings over which country? Russia
100%
1949 – Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover what ? Dead Sea Scrolls
80%
1898 – The battleship USS Maine explodes and sinks in which harbour, killing 274? Havana, Cuba
80%
590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of which country ? Persia
80%
1923 – Greece becomes the last European country to adopt what ?. The Gregorian Calendar
80%
1965 – Which country adopts a new flag ? Canada
60%
2021 - Sixty people drown and hundreds are missing after a boat sinks on which African river? Congo
60%
1971 - Today was known as what day in the United Kingdom ? Decimal Day
60%
2012 – Three hundred and sixty people die in a fire at a prison in which Central American country ? Honduras
60%
1471 – Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian ruler, was born on this day. By what name was he more commonly known ? Piero the Unfortunate
60%
1954 – Canada and the United States agree to the construction of what in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska? System of Radar Stations
40%
1961 – Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States team of which sport ? Figure Skating
20%
1214 – During the Anglo-French War, an English invasion force led by John, King of England, lands at which French port ? La Rochelle
20%
1982 – The drilling rig "Ocean Ranger" sinks during a storm off the coast of where, killing 84 workers ? Newfoundland
20%
1764 – Which city is established in Spanish Louisiana ? St. Louis
0%
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