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On This Day (August 29th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on August 29th?
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Quiz by toowise
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Last updated: August 29, 2020
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1. 708 – Copper coins are minted for the first time in which country ?
Japan ✓
China ✓
Germany ✓
France ✓
2. 870 – The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to the Byzantine occupation of which island ?
Crete ✓
Sicily ✓
Cyprus ✓
Malta ✓
3. 1498 – Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Kingdom of Portugal. In which modern day country was Calicut ?
Pakistan ✓
India ✓
Bangladesh ✓
Sri Lanka ✓
4. 1728 – Which city is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss ?
Seydisfjordur, Iceland ✓
Roskilde, Denmark ✓
Nuuk, Greenland ✓
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands ✓
5. 1786 – Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of which type of worker in Massachusetts, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens ?
Saloon Workers ✓
Shop Owners ✓
Soldiers ✓
Farmers ✓
6. 1898 – Which tyre company is founded ?
Dunlop ✓
Michelin ✓
Goodyear ✓
Pirelli ✓
7. 1911 – Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of which state ?
New York ✓
California ✓
Montana ✓
Washington ✓
8. 1930 – The last 36 remaining inhabitants of which island group are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland ?
St. Kilda ✓
Flannan Isles ✓
Sula Sgeir ✓
North Rona ✓
9. 1949 – The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning by the Soviets. What was it named by the US ?
Stalin's Fireworks ✓
Russian Radiation Roulette ✓
Joe 1 ✓
The Moscow Mule ✓
10. 1950 – Korean War: Troops from which country arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there ?
Australia ✓
United Kingdom ✓
Canada ✓
France ✓
11. 1965 – The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in which Ocean ?
Pacific ✓
Indian ✓
Atlantic ✓
Arctic ✓
12. 1966 – The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in which US city ?
San Francisco ✓
Chicago ✓
New York ✓
Miami ✓
13. 1991 – Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from which city, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands ?
Naples ✓
Palermo ✓
Cagliari ✓
Catania ✓
14. 1997 – Which company is launched as an internet DVD rental service ?
Amazon ✓
Blockbuster ✓
Britbox ✓
Netflix ✓
15. 2005 – Which hurricane devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle ?
Irene ✓
Andrew ✓
Katrina ✓
Mitch ✓
squidpsyco
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Level 57
Aug 29, 2020
Around a month in and I give up on my ‘This Day in Sports’ quiz series. I’ve just gotten bored of making the quizzes, but who knows maybe I’ll become more interested next year and pick up where I left off. I seriously congratulate you for consistently making these. It’s a lot harder than it looks.
toowise
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Level 78
Aug 30, 2020
Thanks, I too went through a patch of getting bored with making the quizzes. and the hardest part is finding the time
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