Statistics for On This Day (December 16th) Multiple Choice

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  • This quiz has been taken 12 times
  • The average score is 7 of 15

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
1946 – Benny Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer is born. He is known for being a member of which group ?ABBA
75%
1773 – Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor. What were they disguised as ?Mohawk Indians
75%
1653 – Which person becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ?Oliver Cromwell
75%
1944 – World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through which forests of Europe ?Ardennes Forest
63%
1971 – The United Kingdom recognizes which country's independence, which is commemorated annually as National Day ?Bahrain
50%
1985 – Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of which New York crime family ?Gambino
50%
1991 – Which of the "Stans" declares independence from the Soviet Union ?Kazakhstan
50%
1882 – Wales and England play the first Home Nations rugby union match. What is the contest called today ?Six Nations
50%
1883 – Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel. the campaign took place in which modern day country ?Vietnam
50%
1930 – Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a 200-strong posse, following a botched bank robbery, in which US city ?Clinton, Indiana
38%
2013 – A bus falls from an elevated highway in which Asian capital city killing at least 18 people ?Manila
38%
1903 – The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel first opens its doors to guests in which Indian city ?Mumbai
25%
1497 – Vasco da Gama passes which South African river, where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal ?Great Fish River
13%
1850 – The "Charlotte Jane" and the "Randolph" bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to which port in New Zealand ?Lyttelton
0%
1989 – Protests break out in which European city in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés ?Timisoara, Romania
0%

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