On This Day (May 10th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
1503 – Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after finding what on the islands ? Turtles
100%
1908 – What is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia ? Mother's Day
86%
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in which city ? Philadelphia
86%
1954 – Bill Haley & His Comets release the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts. What was it called ? Rock Around The Clock
71%
1773 – The Parliament of Great Britain passes legislation that leads to the Boston Tea Party. What was the Act called ? Tea Act
71%
1924 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in which year ? 1972
57%
1960 – The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast. What was Op. Sandblast ? First Underwater Circumnavigation of the Earth.
43%
1975 – Sony introduced which product in Japan ? Betamax Videocassette Recorder
29%
1497 – Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves which port city for his first voyage to the New World ? Cadiz, Spain
29%
1940 – World War II: The Invasion of which country by the United Kingdom ? Iceland
29%
1869 – The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed with the golden spike at which place ? Promontory Summit, Utah
29%
1801 – First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on which country ? United States
29%
1942 – Carl Douglas, singer-songwriter, best known for his best selling Disco hit "Kung-Fu Fighting" is born in which city ? Kingston, Jamaica
14%
1872 – Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman to be nominated for what role ? President of the United States
14%
2005 – A hand grenade lands near to U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in which city ? Tbilisi, Georgia
14%
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