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On This Day (August 4th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on August 4th?
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1. 1693 – Date traditionally ascribed to the invention of champagne by which person ?
Claude Moët ✓
Dom Perignon ✓
Pierre-Gabriel Chandon de Briailles ✓
Rémy Martin ✓
2. 1783 – Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes an additional 20,000 deaths in the following what ?
Famine ✓
Tsunami ✓
Dust Clouds ✓
Landslides ✓
3. 1790 – A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service. This is the forerunner of which US department ?
National Marine Fisheries Service ✓
Federal Emergency Management Agency ✓
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ✓
Coast Guard ✓
4. 1824 – The Battle of Kos is fought between Greece and which other nation's forces ?
Albania ✓
Malta ✓
Turkey ✓
Italy ✓
5. 1889 – The Great Fire of which US city destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project ?
Missoula, Montana ✓
Spokane, Washington ✓
Eugene, Oregon ✓
Boise, Idaho ✓
6. 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 ✓
Netherlands ✓
Switzerland ✓
Norway ✓
7. 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 ?
Bar / Cafe ✓
Warehouse ✓
Boathouse ✓
Windmill ✓
8. 1946 – An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits which Caribbean country killing 100 and leaving 20,000 homeless ?
Cuba ✓
Dominican Republic ✓
Jamaica ✓
Puerto Rico ✓
9. 1965 – The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within which nation ?
Australia ✓
United Kingdom ✓
France ✓
New Zealand ✓
10. 1975 – The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in which city ?
Ho Chi Minh City ✓
Jakarta ✓
Kuala Lumpur ✓
Manila ✓
11. 1984 – The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to what ?
Burkina Faso ✓
Ghana ✓
Central African Republic ✓
Burundi ✓
12. 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 ?
Tulsa, Oklahoma ✓
El Paso, Texas ✓
Tuscon, Arizona ✓
Denver, Colorado ✓
13. 1901 – Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer is born in New Orleans. Which of these was NOT one of his nicknames ?
Satchmo ✓
Satchel Mouth ✓
Toots ✓
Pops ✓
14. 1952 – Moya Brennan, Irish singer-songwriter and harp player is born. She is known as a member of which succesful Irish band ?
Clannad ✓
The Nolans ✓
B*Witched ✓
Dubliners ✓
15. 1962 – Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress dies of what cause ?
Natural Causes ✓
Drug Overdose ✓
Brain Tumor ✓
Shotgun Injury ✓
squidpsyco
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Level 57
Aug 4, 2020
Got 9/15, my best one yet!
toowise
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Level 78
Aug 5, 2020
Wel done, thats a pretty good score for these quizzes.
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