On This Day (May 16th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1920 – In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes which historic person ?. Joan of Arc
100%
1953 – Which actor that portrayed James Bond is born on this day ? Pierce Brosnan
63%
1988 – A report by the Surgeon General of the United States states that the addictive properties of what are similar to those of heroin and cocaine ? Nicotine
50%
1991 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is the first British monarch to address which organisation ? US Congress
50%
1974 – Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of which country ? Yugoslavia
50%
Today is marked in the US as National what day? National BBQ Day
38%
1960 – Theodore Maiman operates the first what, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California ? Optical Laser
38%
2003 – In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in terrorist attacks in which city ? Casablanca
25%
1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to where ? England
25%
1842 – The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from which state ? Missouri
25%
1969 – Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on which heavenly body ? Venus
25%
2005 – Kuwait permits what in a 35–23 National Assembly vote ? Voting for Women
25%
1919 – A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland on the first transatlantic flight, heading for where ? Lisbon, Portugal
13%
1951 – The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now JFK) in New York City and Heathrow in London, is operated by which airline ? El Al Israel
0%
1959 – The Triton Fountain in which European Capital city is turned on for the first time ? Valletta, Malta
0%
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