On This Day (May 20th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1946 – Cherilyn Sarkisian, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress, is born. By what name is she better known ? Cher
100%
1840 – York Minster, in the UK, is badly damaged by what ? Fire
100%
1932 – Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing where the next day ? Ireland
100%
1883 – Which volcano begins to erupt; it explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people ? Krakatoa
100%
1802 – Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates what in the French colonies ? Slavery
100%
1570 – Abraham Ortelius issues "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", the first modern what ? Atlas
50%
1969 – Which battle of the Vietnam War ends ? Battle of Hamburger Hill
50%
1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with what feature ? Copper Rivets
50%
1497 – John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, looking for a route to the west. What is the name of his ship ? Matthew
50%
1980 – A referendum calling for independance is rejected by 60% of the voters in which region ? Quebec, Canada
50%
1956 – The first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean under the codename of Operation what ? Redwing
50%
1940 – The first prisoners arrive at a new German concentration camp called what ? Auschwitz
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1861 – American Civil War: Which state proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state ? Kentucky
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1990 – The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in which European country ? Romania
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1902 – Cuba gains independence from which nation ? United States
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