On This Day (October 23rd) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1295 – The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between which two countries against England is signed in Paris ? Scotland and France
86%
1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight on which continent ? Europe
71%
1812 – A French general begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon, claiming that the Emperor died in which country ? Russia
71%
1989 – Bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine; the biggest bankruptcy in the Nordic countries up until then. What was it's core business ? Ship Building
71%
2012 – After 38 years, the world's first teletext service ceases broadcast. Which TV company ran the service ? British Broadcasting Corporation
57%
2002 – Terrorists from which region seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage ? Chechnya
57%
1993 – The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in which city, killing the bomber and nine civilians ? Belfast
43%
1939 – The Japanese twin-engine Mitsubishi G4M bomber makes its maiden flight. What was it's Allied reporting name ? Betty
43%
1955 – The people of the Saar region vote in a referendum to unite with which country instead of France ? Germany
43%
1982 – A gunfight breaks out between police officers and members of a religious cult in Arizona. What was the cult's name ? Christ Miracle Healing Center and Church
29%
425 – Valentinian III is elevated as Roman emperor at what age ? Six
29%
Today is celebrated as what in the USA ? National Boston Creme Pie Day
14%
1970 – Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in an automobile called the Blue Flame, it is powered by which fuel ? Natural Gas
14%
1642 – The Battle of Edgehill is the first major battle of the English Civil War. In which traditional English county is Edgehill ? Warwickshire
14%
1958 – Canada's Springhill mining disaster kills seventy-five miners, while ninety-nine others are rescued in which province ? Nova Scotia
0%
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