Statistics for On This Day (August 29th) Multiple Choice

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  • The average score is 6 of 15

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
1786 – Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of which type of worker in Massachusetts, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens ?Farmers
71%
1498 – Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Kingdom of Portugal. In which modern day country was Calicut ?India
71%
2005 – Which hurricane devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle ?Katrina
71%
1997 – Which company is launched as an internet DVD rental service ?Netflix
57%
1898 – Which tyre company is founded ?Goodyear
43%
1949 – The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning by the Soviets. What was it named by the US ?Joe 1
43%
1930 – The last 36 remaining inhabitants of which island group are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland ?St. Kilda
43%
1950 – Korean War: Troops from which country arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there ?United Kingdom
43%
870 – The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to the Byzantine occupation of which island ?Malta
29%
1991 – Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from which city, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands ?Palermo
29%
1966 – The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in which US city ?San Francisco
29%
1911 – Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of which state ?California
14%
708 – Copper coins are minted for the first time in which country ?Japan
14%
1728 – Which city is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss ?Nuuk, Greenland
14%
1965 – The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in which Ocean ?Atlantic
0%

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