On This Day (June 23rd) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
2016 – The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to do what ? Leave the European Union
89%
1887 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park. What is it's name ? Banff National Park
67%
1991 – Which computer game franchise is released to American audiences, then to PAL and Japanese audiences a month later ? Sonic the Hedgehog
67%
1594 – The Portuguese carrack "Cinco Chagas", loaded with slaves and treasure, is attacked and sunk by English ships amongst which island group ? The Azores
67%
1967 – Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in which small New Jersey borough ? Glassboro
56%
1980 – Melissa Rauch, American actress is born. She is best known for playing which "Big Bang Theory" character ? Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz
44%
1794 – Empress Catherine II of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in which city ? Kiev
44%
1314 – First War of Scottish Independence: Which battle begins on this day ? Battle of Bannockburn
33%
1959 – Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to where ? Dresden, East Germany
33%
1305 – A peace treaty is signed at Athis-sur-Orge between the Flemish and which other nationality ? French
33%
1868 – Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called a what ? Typewriter
33%
1942 – World War II: Germany's latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in which part of the U.K.? South Wales
22%
1860 – The United States Congress establishes which agency ? Government Printing Office
11%
1917 – In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for what reason ? Punching the Umpire
11%
2014 – The last of which country's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction ? Syria
11%
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