On This Day (June 22nd) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1949 – Meryl Streep, American actress and singer is also born on this day. She won an Oscar for portraying which world leader ? Margaret Thatcher
75%
1921 – Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region in which country ? Morocco
67%
2012 – President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco in which country ? Paraguay
58%
1941 – World War II: Nazi Germany invades which country in Operation Barbarossa ? Soviet Union
58%
1783 – A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches which city in France ? Le Havre
50%
1940 – World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany. It was signed in what mode of transport ? Railway carriage
50%
1944 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as what ? The G.I. Bill
50%
1936 – Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor is born. In the film "Convoy" what was his CB handle ? Rubber Duck
42%
1527 – Fatahillah expels Portuguese forces from Sunda Kelapa, now regarded as the foundation of which Asian city ? Jakarta
25%
1984 – Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from which UK airport ? London Gatwick
25%
1911 – Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of which city ? Tijuana
25%
1948 – The ship "HMT Empire Windrush" brought the first group of 802 West Indian immigrants to which UK port ? Tilbury
25%
2009 – A metro train traveling southbound near Fort Totten station collides into another train waiting to enter the station in which city ? Washington D.C.
25%
1893 – Which Royal Navy battleship accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria killing 358 crew, including the fleet's commander ? HMS Camperdown
17%
1948 – King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", how long after Britain actually gave up its rule of India ? Six months
8%
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