On This Day (May 12th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1942 – Ian Dury, English singer-songwriter, founder member of "The Blockheads" was born. Which of these is NOT one of his hit singles ? Fire Starter
67%
1364 – Jagiellonian University, the oldest university in Poland, is founded in which city ? Krakow
67%
2017 – A ransomware attack attacks over 400 thousand computers worldwide, targeting computers of which of the United Kingdom's national services ? National Health Service
67%
1926 – The Italian-built airship "Norge" becomes the first vessel to fly over where ? North Pole
67%
1191 – Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre, she is crowned Queen consort of England the same day. Where were they married ? Cyprus
33%
1551 – National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, is founded in which city ? Lima, Peru
33%
254 – Which Pope succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church ? Pope Stephen I
33%
1941 – Konrad Zuse presents the Z3 in Berlin, the world's first working what ? Programmable Digital Computer
33%
2003 – Bombings carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 26 people, at a compound in which city ? Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
33%
2008 – An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in which Chinese province, killing over 69,000 people ? Sichuan
33%
1965 – The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes where ? The Moon
33%
1982 – At the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan María Fernández y Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with what ? Bayonet
0%
2014 – Lorenzo Zambrano, Mexican businessman and philanthropist dies. What company did he transform from regional to Global ? Cemex
0%
1942 – World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of which river by the German submarine U-507 ? Mississippi
0%
1881 – Which country becomes a French protectorate ? Tunisia
0%
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