Statistics for On This Day (August 23rd) Multiple Choice

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  • The average score is 5 of 15

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
1839 – The United Kingdom captures which area as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China ?Hong Kong
100%
1914 – World War I: Japan declares war on which country ?Germany
60%
1991 – What is opened to the public on this day ?World Wide Web
60%
2007 – The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members are discovered near which Russian city ?Yekaterinburg
60%
1948 – World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from how many countries ?44
40%
1873 – Which bridge over the river Thames in London is opened ?Albert Bridge
40%
1382 – The Golden Horde led by Tokhtamysh lays siege to which city ?Moscow
40%
1521 – Christian II of Denmark is deposed as king and Gustav Vasa is elected regent in which country ?Sweden
40%
1985 – Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to which country ?East Germany
20%
1944 – World War II: Which French city is liberated by the Allies ?Marseille
20%
1944 – Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into what type of building in Freckleton, England ?School
20%
1990 – Which country declares its independence from the Soviet Union ?Armenia
0%
1784 – Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under what name ?Franklin
0%
1898 – The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from which city ?London
0%
1904 – The automobile safety accessory is patented ?Tyre chain
0%

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