On This Day (January 13th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1888 – Which National society is founded in Washington, D.C.? National Geographic Society
67%
2012 – The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy due to what ? Captains Negligence
50%
2018 – A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in which US state caused widespread panic ? Hawaii
50%
1910 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from which New York building ?. Metropolitan Opera House
50%
1926 – Michael Bond, English soldier and author, is born in Newbury, Berkshire, UK. Which famous character did he create? Paddington Bear
50%
1941 – James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet dies in which Swiss city after undergoing surgery ? Zurich
50%
1908 – The Rhoads Opera House fire kills 171 people in which Pennsylvania town ? Boyertown
17%
1610 Galileo Galilei discovers which satellite of Jupiter ? Callisto
17%
2001 – An earthquake hits which Central America country, killing more than 800 ? El Salvador
17%
2020 - The first case of Covid-19 outside of China is confirmed by the Health Ministry of which country? Thailand
17%
1938 - The Church of England accepts what for the first time ? Theory of Evolution
17%
January 13th is Democracy Day in which African Island nation ? Cape Verde
0%
1840 – The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of which island with the loss of 139 lives ? Long Island
0%
1942 – Henry Ford patents an automobile made from what material, which is 30% lighter than a regular car ? Plastic
0%
1917 - A train in which Eastern European country catches fire and explodes, between 800-1,000 die, making it the third worst rail accident in history ? Romania
0%
1963 – A Coup d'état in which African country results in the assassination of president Sylvanus Olympio ? Togo
0%
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