On This Day (July 7th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
1930 – Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of which dam ? Hoover Dam, USA
82%
1980 – Institution of sharia law in which country ? Iran
73%
1534 – Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with indigenous peoples in what is now which country ? Canada
64%
2005 – A series of four explosions, killing 56 people, occurs on which city's transport system ? London
55%
1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe in which state ? Missouri
55%
1985 – Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at what age ? Seventeen
55%
1978 – The Solomon Islands become independent from which country ? United Kingdom
55%
1992 – The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to do what in public ? Go Topless
27%
1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy how long after her death ? 25 years
18%
1863 – The United States begins its first military draft; how much do exemptions cost ? $300
18%
1946 – Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a neighborhood of which California city ? Beverly Hills
18%
2007 – The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in how many locations around the world ? Eleven
18%
1911 – The US, the UK, Japan, and Russia sign the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues. The hunting of which animals did it ban ? Seals
18%
1941 – The US occupation of Iceland replaces the occupation of which country ? United Kingdom
18%
1834 – Four nights of rioting against abolitionists begin in which city ? New York
9%
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