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

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1881 – U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Who becomes President upon Garfield's death ? Chester A. Arthur
60%
1970 – Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival. How much did a ticket cost ? £1
40%
1852 – Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the Observatory of Capodimonte. Massalia is approximately how many kilometers in diameter ? 145
40%
1868 – La Gloriosa begins in Spain. What is La Gloriosa ? Revolution
40%
1946 – The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by which world leader at the University of Zurich ? Winston Churchill
40%
1991 – Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria. He lived around which year ? 3300 BCE
20%
2019 – A drone strike by the United States kills 30 civilian farmers in which country ? Afghanistan
20%
1982 – Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system. What were they ? :-) and :-(
20%
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for how long before surrendering ? Four months
20%
1846 – Two French shepherd children experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop now known as Our Lady of La Salette in which mountain range ? French Alps
20%
1916 – World War I: Colonial forces of the Belgian Congo capture the town of Tabora. In which country was Tabora ? German East Africa
20%
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Hurtgen Forest begins. It will become the longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought. Where is Hurtgen Forest ? Germany
20%
1356 – Hundred Years War: An English army under the command of Edward, the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures King John II in a battle at which place ? Poitiers
20%
1978 – Which island nation joins the United Nations ? Solomon Islands
20%
1863 – American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, in the Northwest of which state ? Georgia
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