Statistics for On This Day (July 14th) Multiple Choice

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  • The average score is 7 of 15

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
1865 – First ascent of which mountain by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent ?Matterhorn
86%
1874 – A fire burns down 47 acres of which city, destroying 812 buildings, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms ?Chicago, USA
71%
Today is known as Bastille Day in which European country ?France
71%
1965 – The Mariner 4 probe takes the first close-up photos of another planet. Which one ?Mars
71%
1791 – The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of which city ?Birmingham, UK
57%
1969 – Football War: After Honduras loses a soccer match, riots break out against migrant workers from which country ?El Salvador
57%
1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of which nation upon the death of his father, Philip II ?France
57%
1911 – Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, lands his airplane where ?South Lawn of the White House
57%
1916 – World War I: Start of the Battle of Delville Wood as an action within the Battle of the Somme, which was to last until when ?3 September 1916
29%
1881 – Which outlaw is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner ?Billy the KId
29%
1771 – Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua, by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra, in what is now known as which state ?California
29%
1943 – The George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American in which city ?Diamond, Missouri
29%
1976 – Capital punishment is abolished in which country ?Canada
14%
1960 – Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in which present-day country to begin her famous study of chimpanzees in the wild ?Tanzania
14%
1938 – Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing an airplane flight around the world. How long does it take ?91 hours
0%

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