On This Day (January 19th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
1848 – Captain Matthew Webb, is born on this day, what is his claim to fame ? First person to swim the English Channel
80%
1607 – San Agustin Church is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in which Asian city ? Manila, Philippines
60%
1937 – Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to where in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds ? New York City
60%
1955 - Which board game debuts on this day ? Scrabble
60%
1883 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, in which State of the US ? New Jersey
40%
1903 - Which sporting event was announced for the first time, several months in advance of the event ? Tour de France cycle race
40%
1922 - Geological survey says US oil supply would be depleted in how many years ? 20
20%
2012 - The Hong Kong based file sharing website, Megaupload, is shut down by which agency? FBI
20%
1915 – German zeppelins bomb which towns of the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target ? Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn
20%
1953 – Almost 72% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch what event ? Lucy giving birth
20%
1995 Jean-Claude Juncker is sworn in as premier of which European nation ? Luxembourg
20%
2006 - A terrorist blows himself up in which Middle Eastern city, killing only himself but injuring 20 people ? Tel Aviv, Israel
20%
1940 – "You Nazty Spy!", the first Hollywood film of any kind to satirize Adolf Hitler and the Nazis premieres, starring which comedy act ? The Three Stooges
20%
1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is executed in the Tower of London for the crime of what ? Treason
20%
1983 – Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in which South American country ? Bolivia
0%
2006 – Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter dies in Reston, Virginia as the result of what ? Heart Attack
0%
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