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On This Day (February 17th) Multiple Choice - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 19 times
3 since last reset
- The average score is 12 of 16
Answer Stats
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| 1996 – In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats which opponent in a chess match ? | Deep Blue super-computer | 100%
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| 1753 – In Sweden February 17 is followed by which date as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar ? | March 1st | 100%
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| 1934 – Barry Humphries, Australian comedian, actor, and author, known for his character portrayal of Dame Edna Everage is born in which Australian city ? | Melbourne | 100%
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| 1854 – The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of which now defunct country ? | Orange Free State | 100%
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| 1995 – The Cenepa War between which two countries ends with a ceasefire brokered by the UN ? | Peru and Ecuador | 100%
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| 2006 – A massive mudslide, with an official death toll of 1,126, occurs in the area of Southern Leyte, in which Asian country ? | Philippines | 100%
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| 1863 – A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which would later become known as what ? | Red Cross | 100%
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| 1859 – Cochinchina Campaign: The French Navy captured the Citadel of which city ? | Saigon | 100%
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| 2008 – Kosovo declares independence from which nation ? | Serbia | 100%
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| 1867 – The first ship passes through which Canal ? | Suez Canal | 100%
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| 1974 – Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes which building in a stolen helicopter ? | The White House | 100%
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| 1972 – Cumulative sales of which car exceed those of the Ford Model T ? | Volkswagen Beetle | 100%
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| 2016 - Military vehicles explode in an attack outside an Armed Forces barracks in which city? | Ankara, Turkey | 0%
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| 2015 - Eighteen people die in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in which country? | Haiti | 0%
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| 1904 – Which opera receives its première at La Scala in Milan, Italy ? | Madama Butterfly | 0%
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| 1864 – American Civil War: The "H. L. Hunley" becomes the first what to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic ? | Submarine | 0%
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