Featured Quizzes
User Quizzes
Create Quiz
Data and Charts
Word Search
Badges and Games
About JetPunk
Message Board
Dark Mode
On This Day (January 17th) Multiple Choice - Statistics
General Stats
-
This quiz has been taken 17 times
3 since last reset
- The average score is 7 of 16
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 - What is banned in the US on this day ? | Alcohol | 100%
|
| 1929 – Which cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip ? | Popeye the Sailor Man | 100%
|
| 1938 - Joseph P. Kennedy (father of JFK) becomes the 44th United States Ambassador to which European country ? | United Kingdom | 100%
|
| 2007 – The Doomsday Clock is set to what time in response to North Korea's first nuclear test ? | Five minutes to Midnight | 67%
|
| 2014 - 21 people are killed in a suicide bombing in a restaurant in which Asian city ? | Kabul, Afghanistan | 67%
|
| 1917 – The United States pays Denmark $25 million for which island group? | Virgin Islands | 67%
|
| 1945 – The SS-Totenkopfverbände begin the evacuation of which concentration camp as Soviet forces close in ? | Auschwitz | 33%
|
| 1950 – The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in which US city ? | Boston | 33%
|
| 1977 – Capital punishment in the United States resumes, as convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by what means in Utah ? | Firing Squad | 33%
|
| 1997 - The NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely for what reason ? | Kicking Cameraman | 33%
|
| 2008 – Bobby Fischer, American chess player and author dies of renal failure in which city ? | Reykjavik, Iceland | 33%
|
| 1966 – A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over which country, killing seven airmen, and dropping four 70-kiloton nuclear bombs ? | Spain | 33%
|
| 1860 – Douglas Hyde, Irish academic, politician and 1st President of Ireland, was born in which Irish county ? | County Roscommon | 0%
|
| 1996 – Which country applies for membership of the European Union ? | Czech Republic | 0%
|
| 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of which sea ? | North Sea | 0%
|
| 2023 - An avalanche kills 28 people in which region? | Tibet, China | 0%
|
No matching quizzes found
Score Distribution
Percent of People with Each Score
Percentile by Number Answered
Your Score History
You have not taken this quiz since the last reset
New and Popular