On This Day (March 14th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on March 14th ?

Why not try other days in the series...CLICK HERE

Quiz by

Rate:

Last updated: March 16, 2024

You have not attempted this quiz yet.

More quiz info >>

First submitted	March 14, 2020
Times taken	8
Average score	68.8%
Report this quiz	Report

Quiz and answer stats >>

Friends stats >>

4:00

The quiz is paused. You have remaining.

Scoring
You scored / = %

    This beats or equals
    % of test takers
    also scored 100%
    
The average score is 

      Your high score is
      
    
Your fastest time is 
more stats >>
friends stats >>

Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...

1. 1757 – Admiral Sir John Byng is convicted of war crimes and executed by firing squad aboard which ship?

HMS Blenheim ✓

HMS Formidable ✓

HMS Monarch ✓

HMS Princess ✓

2. 1794 – Eli Whitney is granted a patent for what invention ?

Lightning Rod ✓

Cotton Gin ✓

Tuning Fork ✓

Preserving Jar ✓

3. 1885 – Which opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, receives its first public performance in London ?

The Mikado ✓

HMS Pinafore ✓

The Pirates of Penzance ✓

The Gondoliers ✓

4. 1903 - The first national bird reservation is established in which city ?

Sebastian, Florida ✓

Citronelle, Alabama ✓

Hardeeville, Georgia ✓

Awendaw, South Carolina ✓

5. 1923 - US President Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to do what ?

Become Bankrupt ✓

Visit Antarctica ✓

Pay Taxes ✓

Keep Chickens ✓

6. 1926 – A train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibas, killing 248 people in which country?

Guatemala ✓

Honduras ✓

Nicaragua ✓

Costa Rica ✓

7. 1942 – Orvan Hess and John Bumstead became the first in the United States to successfully treat a patient, Anne Miller, using what?

Blood Transfusion ✓

Penicillin ✓

Artificial Heart Valve ✓

Chemotherapy ✓

8. 1966 - The British film "Born Free" is released, it is based on the book "Born Free" by which author?

Roald Dahl ✓

Joy Adamson ✓

Frank Herbert ✓

J.D. Salinger ✓

9. 1971 - The Rolling Stones leave England for France for what reason ?

European Tour ✓

Record an Album ✓

Reduce Fan Pressure ✓

Escape Taxes ✓

10. 1984 - Gerry Adams, head of Irelands Sinn Féin party, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in which city ?

Dublin ✓

Liverpool ✓

Belfast ✓

Glasgow ✓

11. 1997 - President Clinton trips & injures what part of his body that then requires surgery ?

Head ✓

Shoulder ✓

Knee ✓

Toes ✓

12. 2013 - 7 people are killed after gunmen storm a bar in which city ?

Key West, USA ✓

Cancun, Mexico ✓

Belmopan, Belize ✓

Montego Bay, Jamaica ✓

13. 2017 - European Court of Justice rules companies can ban staff from wearing what ?

Jewelery ✓

Provocative Clothing ✓

High Heel Shoes ✓

Religious Symbols ✓

14. 2017 - World's oldest golf club, Muirfield in Scotland, votes to admit women as members for the first time in how many years ?

157 ✓

189 ✓

273 ✓

305 ✓

15. 2019 - Google announces its employee Emma Haruka Iwao, using Google Cloud, has broken the world record for calculating pi, to how many digits ?

31.4 trillion ✓

18.9 billion ✓

22.4 million ✓

76.1 billion ✓

16. 2019 - Cyclone Idai causes over 1,000 deaths after making landfall in which country?

Sri Lanka ✓

Mozambique ✓

New Zealand ✓

Japan ✓

Suggested Quizzes See all >>

Biggest Cities in the United States

World Capitals Quiz

Every European Flag - Sudden Death

Hot Place or Cold Place?