Statistics for On This Day (December 31st) Multiple Choice

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
2019 – The World Health Organization was informed of cases of pneumonia with an unknown cause, detected in which city ?Wuhan
79%
1879 – Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, at Menlo Park in which US state ?New Jersey
71%
1963 – The Central African Federation officially collapses, subsequently becoming Zambia, Rhodesia and which other nation ?Malawi
64%
1992 – Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. What did the media call the split ?Velvet Divorce
64%
1983 – Benjamin Ward is appointed New York City Police Department's first ever police commissioner from which ethnic group ?African American
57%
1687 – The first Huguenots set sail from France to which Cape ?Cape of Good Hope
57%
1831 – Which park in Manhattan is deeded to New York City ?Gramercy Park
57%
1229 – James I the Conqueror, King of Aragon enters Medina Mayurqa thus consummating the Christian reconquest of which island ?Majorca
43%
2011 – NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around which celestial body ?The Moon
36%
1907 – The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square in Manhattan. What was the square then known as ?Longacre Square
29%
2004 – The official opening of which building, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world ?Taipei 101
29%
1670 – The expedition of John Narborough leaves Corral Bay having surveyed the coast and lost 4 hostages to the Spanish. In which modern day country is Corral Bay ?Chile
21%
1956 – Which European country's television network begins its first broadcast ?Romania
14%
1759 – Arthur Guinness signs a lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness. How long is the lease valid for ?9,000 years
7%
1999 – Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacking ended after seven days with the release of 190 survivors at which city's airport ?Kandahar, Afganistan
7%

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