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On This Day (December 18th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on December 18th?
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Last updated: December 18, 2020
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1. 1499 – A rebellion breaks out in Alpujarras in response to the forced conversions of people of which religion in Spain ?
Judaism ✓
Islam ✓
Catholicism ✓
Orthodox ✓
2. 1622 – Portuguese forces score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in which present-day country ?
Angola ✓
Cameroon ✓
Republic of the Congo ✓
Nigeria ✓
3. 1777 – The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in which month ?
August ✓
September ✓
October ✓
November ✓
4. 1787 – Which state becomes the third to ratify the U.S. Constitution ?
New York ✓
New Hampshire ✓
Maryland ✓
New Jersey ✓
5. 1793 – The French frigate "La Lutine" surrenders to Lord Samuel Hood. It is renamed as what, only to later become a famous treasure wreck ?
HMS Pixie ✓
HMS Lutine ✓
HMS Duende ✓
HMS Koboldeto ✓
6. 1878 – The Al-Thani family become the rulers of which nation ?
Qatar ✓
Bahrain ✓
Oman ✓
Kuwait ✓
7. 1892 – The Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky takes place in which city ?
Vienna ✓
Moscow ✓
Saint Petersburg ✓
Budapest ✓
8. 1898 – Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245 mph in a Jeantaud car. By what was the car powered ?
Gasoline ✓
Electric ✓
Steam ✓
Diesel ✓
9. 1944 – World War II: Seventy-seven B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb a Japanese supply base in which city ?
Keelung, Taiwan ✓
Busan, South Korea ✓
Kagoshima, Japan ✓
Hankow, China ✓
10. 1966 – Which of Saturn's moons is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker ?
Epimetheus ✓
Iapetus ✓
Phoebe ✓
Tarqeq ✓
11. 1973 – Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, is launched from Baikonur in what is now Kazakhstan. What was the former name of Baikonur ?
Stalinsky ✓
Petrograd ✓
Leninsk ✓
Nikolagradsk ✓
12. 2005 – The Chadian Civil War begins when rebel groups launch an attack in Adré.They are allegedly backed by which neighbouring nation ?
Libya ✓
Sudan ✓
Niger ✓
Central African Republic ✓
13. 2006 – The first of a series of floods strikes which country ? The death toll of all flooding is at least 118
Malaysia ✓
Indonesia ✓
Thailand ✓
Myanmar ✓
14. 2006 – Which country holds its first-ever elections ?
Saudi Arabia ✓
Somalia ✓
North Korea ✓
United Arab Emirates ✓
15. 2018 – A meteor explodes over which body of water with a force over 10 times greater than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945 ?
Barents Sea ✓
Bering Sea ✓
Arabian Sea ✓
South Atlantic Ocean ✓
geogerno1
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Level 44
Dec 18, 2020
Great quiz!! Subscribed
toowise
+1
Level 78
Dec 18, 2020
Thank You !
1ProximaCentauri
+1
Level 55
Dec 18, 2020
Wow, i did pretty bad here, got 2/15
toowise
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Level 78
Dec 18, 2020
I'll be honest, I sometimes go back and pick a random quiz, and even I only get 3 or 4 right sometimes, and I made the quiz !!
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