Statistics for On This Day (August 4th) Multiple Choice

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
1962 – Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress dies of what cause ?Drug Overdose
83%
1824 – The Battle of Kos is fought between Greece and which other nation's forces ?Turkey
75%
1965 – The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within which nation ?New Zealand
67%
1984 – The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to what ?Burkina Faso
58%
1790 – A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service. This is the forerunner of which US department ?Coast Guard
50%
1946 – An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits which Caribbean country killing 100 and leaving 20,000 homeless ?Dominican Republic
50%
1693 – Date traditionally ascribed to the invention of champagne by which person ?Dom Perignon
50%
2019 – Nine people are killed and 26 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio. This comes only 12 hours after another mass shooting in which city ?El Paso, Texas
50%
1944 – A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in what type of building in Amsterdam , where they find Anne Frank and her family ?Warehouse
50%
1975 – The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in which city ?Kuala Lumpur
42%
1952 – Moya Brennan, Irish singer-songwriter and harp player is born. She is known as a member of which succesful Irish band ?Clannad
33%
1889 – The Great Fire of which US city destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project ?Spokane, Washington
33%
1901 – Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer is born in New Orleans. Which of these was NOT one of his nicknames ?Toots
33%
1783 – Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes an additional 20,000 deaths in the following what ?Famine
17%
1914 – In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. Which country declares its neutrality ?United States
17%

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