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On This Day (August 18th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on August 18th?
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Last updated: August 18, 2020
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1. 1304 – The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle is fought to a draw between the French army and which militias ?
Walloonian ✓
Flemish ✓
Luxembourgish ✓
Danish ✓
2. 1590 – John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds what ?
The settlement deserted ✓
The settlement burnt to the ground ✓
Settlers trading with indigenous peoples ✓
Indigenous peoples had taken over the settlement ✓
3. 1612 – The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins in which city ?
York ✓
Canterbury ✓
Lincoln ✓
Lancaster ✓
4. 1783 – A huge fireball meteor is seen across which island as it passes over the east coast ?
Hokkaido ✓
Iceland ✓
Great Britain ✓
North Island, NZ ✓
5. 1826 – Major Gordon Laing becomes the first non-Muslim to enter which city ?
Medina ✓
Timbuktu ✓
Mecca ✓
Qom ✓
6. 1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers which element ?
Helium ✓
Phosphorus ✓
Sodium ✓
Fluorine ✓
7. 1891 – Major hurricane strikes which French island, leaving 700 dead ?
Guadeloupe ✓
Reunion ✓
Mayotte ✓
Martinique ✓
8. 1917 – A Great Fire destroys 32% of which Greek city ?
Athens ✓
Thessaloniki ✓
Patras ✓
Alexandroupoli ✓
9. 1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing what ?
Free speech ✓
Right to bear arms ✓
Voting for women ✓
Social security ✓
10. 1945 – Sukarno takes office as the first president of which country, following the country's declaration of independence the previous day ?
Philippines ✓
Indonesia ✓
Singapore ✓
India ✓
11. 1963 – Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from which university ?
University of Mississippi ✓
Michigan State University ✓
University of Louisville ✓
Boise State University ✓
12. 1971 – Vietnam War: Australia and which other nation decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam ?
United Kingdom ✓
France ✓
Pakistan ✓
New Zealand ✓
13. 2005 – A massive power blackout hits which country, affecting almost 100 million people ?
Japan ✓
China ✓
Indonesia ✓
India ✓
14. 2019 – 100 activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in Iceland hold a funeral for what ?
Glacier ✓
Whales ✓
Volcano ✓
Iceland ✓
15. Which drink is celebrated in the USA on this day ?
National Coffee Day ✓
National Pinot Noir Day ✓
National Moonshine Day ✓
National Milk Day ✓
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squidpsyco
+1
Level 57
Aug 18, 2020
I scored an 8 on this one. Pretty proud of myself!
toowise
+1
Level 78
Aug 18, 2020
Wow, well done, thats pretty impressive. I usually take them myself again a couple of days after I've made them, and I struggle to get half the answers.
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