On This Day (November 30th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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2018 – A magnitude 7.0 earthquake with its epicenter only 15 miles from which US city causes significant property damage but no deaths ? Anchorage, Alaska
83%
1934 – The LNER Class A3 4472 becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph. By what name is it better known ? Flying Scotsman
83%
1872 – The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and which other nation ? England
67%
1999 – Which two oil companies sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating the world's largest company ? Exxon and Mobil
67%
2001 – Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders in the USA. By what nickname was he notoriously known ? Green River Killer
67%
1803 – The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against which disease in Spanish America and the Philippines ? Smallpox
67%
1868 – A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in the Kungsträdgården, a park in which Swedish city ? Stockholm
67%
1994 – The cruise ship MS Achille Lauro catches fire off the coast of which country ? Somalia
33%
1979 – Which of Pink Floyd's albums is released on this day ? The Wall
33%
2005 – John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of where ? York
33%
1966 – Which Caribbean nation becomes independent from the United Kingdom ? Barbados
17%
1786 – The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish what ? Death Penalty
17%
1954 – The Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in which city in Alabama ? Sylacauga
17%
1853 – The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in which modern day country ? Turkey
17%
1886 – Which Parisian cabaret music hall stages its first revue ? Folies Bergere
0%
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