On This Day (September 5th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
1836 – Sam Houston is elected as the first president of which republic ? Republic of Texas
91%
1698 – In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on what ? Beards
82%
1798 – Conscription is made mandatory in which country by the Jourdan law ? France
82%
1666 – Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, how many people are known to have died ? 6
64%
1915 – The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins in which country ? Switzerland
55%
1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from where ? The fort's toilets
55%
1882 – The first United States Labor Day parade is held in which city ? New York
45%
1932 – The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and which other country ? Niger
45%
1970 – Jochen Rindt becomes the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship, after being killed in practice for which Grand Prix ? Italian
36%
1960 – Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome, at which weight ? Light Heavyweight
36%
1960 – Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of which African country ? Senegal
36%
1980 – Which road tunnel opens in Switzerland ? Gotthard
27%
1943 – World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport in which country ? Papua New Guinea
18%
1984 – Which state becomes the last in Australia to abolish capital punishment ? Western Australia
18%
1941 – Whole territory of which country is occupied by Nazi Germany ? Estonia
9%
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