Statistics for On This Day (August 28th) Multiple Choice

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  • The average score is 4 of 15

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
1963 – The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech in which city ?Washington
80%
1845 – The first issue of which magazine is published ?Scientific American
60%
475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city. What was his capital city ?Ravenna
50%
1937 – Which Japanese motor manufacturer becomes an independent company ?Toyota
50%
1859 – The Carrington event is the strongest of which type of storm on record to strike the Earth ?Geomagnetic Storm
40%
1993 – The Galileo spacecraft discovers a moon around 243 Ida, the first known asteroid moon. What was it named ?Dactyl
30%
1957 – U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on the Civil Rights Act. How long did he speak for ?24 hours and 18 minutes
20%
1930 – Windsor Davies, British actor is born. He is best known for playing Battery Sergeant Major Williams in which British sitcom ?It Ain't Half Hot Mum
10%
1955 – Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in which stateMississippi
10%
1898 – Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed as what ?Pepsi-Cola
10%
1944 – World War II: Marseille and which other city are liberated ?Toulon
10%
1917 – Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing which building ?White House
10%
1521 – The Ottoman Turks occupy which city ?Belgrade
0%
1609 – English explorer Henry Hudson discovers which North American bay ?Delaware Bay
0%
1789 – William Herschel discovers which moon of Saturn ?Enceladus
0%

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