On This Day (October 19th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1986 – The president of Mozambique, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into which African mountain range ? Lebombo
60%
1812 – The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from which city ? Moscow
60%
1944 – United States forces land in which country ? Philippines
60%
1943 – Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for which disease, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University ? Tuberculosis
60%
1944 – A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year revolution in which country ? Guatemala
40%
1950 – Which country is the to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program ? Iran
40%
2003 – Mother Teresa is beatified by which Pope ? John Paul II
40%
1912 – Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now which country from the Ottoman Empire ? Libya
40%
1596 – The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities. It sailed from Manila destined for which country ? Mexico
40%
1989 – The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent how long in prison ? Fifteen Years
20%
1922 – British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government it has with which political party ? Liberal
20%
1216 – King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his son Henry. How old was Henry at the time ? Nine
20%
1453 – Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in which region ? Southern France
20%
1386 – Which university holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university ? University of Heidelberg
20%
2005 – Which hurricane becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb ? Wilma
0%
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