Statistics for On This Day (August 14th) Multiple Choice

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  • This quiz has been taken 7 times
  • The average score is 6 of 15

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
1288 – Count Adolf VIII of Berg grants town privileges to which village on the banks of the Düssel river ?Dusseldorf
75%
1592 – The first sighting of which island group by Queen Elizabeth I chief navigator John Davis ?Falkland Islands
75%
1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of where ?Scotland
75%
1980 – Lech Wałęsa leads strikes in which Polish city ?Gdansk
50%
1936 – Rainey Bethea is hanged in the last known public execution in the United States in which state ?Kentucky
50%
1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opens in which city ?London
50%
2003 – What event affects the northeast United States and Canada ?Power Blackout
50%
1814 – A cease fire agreement, called the Convention of Moss, ended which war ?Swedish–Norwegian War
50%
1598 – Nine Years' War: Battle of the Yellow Ford: Irish forces defeat an English expeditionary force. In which county was the battle fought ?County Armagh
25%
2015 – The US Embassy in which city re-opens after 54 years of being closed ?Havana
25%
1370 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, grants city privileges to the European town of Carlsbad which is now known by what name ?Karlovy Vary
25%
1893 – France becomes the first country to introduce what ?Motor vehicle registration
25%
1912 – U.S. Marines invade which country to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier ?Nicaragua
0%
1967 – UK Offences Act declares participation in what illegal ?Offshore pirate radio
0%
1885 – Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of what product ?Rust-proof paint
0%

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