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On This Day (August 27th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on August 27th?
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Last updated: August 27, 2020
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1.
1810 – The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France, now known as which country ?
Maldives
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Mauritius
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Seychelles
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Madagascar
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2.
1813 – French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians in a battle on land near which present day German city ?
Dresden
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Leipzig
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Munich
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Hamburg
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3.
1828 – Brazil and Argentina recognize the sovereignty of Uruguay in the Treaty of which city ?
Sao Paulo
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Buenos Aires
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Santiago
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Montevideo
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4.
1832 – The leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities. What was his name ?
Sitting Horse
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Black Hawk
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Running Fox
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Brown Bear
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5.
1859 – Petroleum is discovered in which US state leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well ?
Texas
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California
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Pennsylvania
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North Dakota
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6.
1896 – The shortest war in world history takes place between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar. How long does it last ?
Less than an hour
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One day
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One week
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Three and a half hours
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7.
1916 – World War I: Which nation declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations ?
Bulgaria
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Romania
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Albania
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Yugoslavia
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8.
1928 – The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately how many nations will sign it ?
Forty Seven
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Ninety Five
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Sixty One
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Seventy Two
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9.
1933 – The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in which South African city ?
Johannesburg
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Cape Town
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Durban
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Bloemfontein
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10.
1956 – Calder Hall in the United Kingdom became the world's first commercial power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale by what means ?
Wind
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Wave
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Nuclear
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Solar
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11.
1962 – The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to which planet by NASA ?
Mars
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Venus
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Mercury
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The Moon
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12.
1971 – An attempted coup d'état fails in which African nation ?
Chad
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Senegal
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Mali
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Uganda
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13.
1985 – The government of which country is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida ?
Venezuela
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Ghana
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Nigeria
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El Salvador
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14.
1991 – Which country declares it's independence from the USSR ?
Kyrgyzstan
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Moldova
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Armenia
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Lithuania
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15.
2011 – Which hurricane strikes the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage ?
Katia
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Ophelia
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Maria
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Irene
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