On This Day (November 27th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1945 – CARE was founded to a send CARE Packages of food relief to Europe after World War II. What does the acronym CARE stand for ? Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe
63%
1975 – The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after he had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings across England. Whic book was he a co-founder of ? Guiness Book of Records
63%
1978 – City mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White in which city ? San Francisco
63%
2001 – An atmosphere of which gas is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet ? Hydrogen
50%
511 – King Clovis I dies at Lutetia and is buried in the Abbey of St Genevieve. Lutetia is now known as which French city ? Paris
50%
2009 – A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and which other city ? St. Petersburg
50%
1962 – Charlie Benante, American drummer and songwriter is born. He is best known as the drummer in which thrash metal band ? Anthrax
38%
1856 – The Coup of 1856 leads to which nation's unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution ? Luxembourg
25%
1835 – James Pratt and John Smith are hanged in London; they are the last two to be executed for which crime in England ? Sodomy
25%
1971 – The Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars. Which nation built it ? Soviet Union
25%
1727 – The foundation stone to the Jerusalem Church is laid in which city ? Berlin
13%
1968 – Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball. What other sport did she participate in ? Horse Racing
13%
1989 – A Boeing 727 explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. Which organisation claimed responsibility ? Medellín Cartel
13%
1942 – World War II: The French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands in which port ? Toulon
13%
1868 – Battle of Washita River: U S Army Lieutenant Colonel George Custer leads an attack on Native Americans from which tribe that are living on reservation land ? Cheyenne
0%
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