Statistics for On This Day (July 27th) Multiple Choice

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  • The average score is 5 of 15

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
1917 – World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal during which battle ?Battle of Passchendaele
80%
1866 – The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content in which state or province ?Newfoundland
80%
1663 – The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent by what means ?Only in English Ships from English ports
60%
1775 – Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Dept: The 2nd Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of how many men." ?20,000
40%
1940 – The animated short film "A Wild Hare" is released by Warner Brothers , introducing which character ?Bugs Bunny
40%
1549 – The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches which nation ?Japan
40%
1981 – While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 crashes killing 32 people. How did the plane crash ?Overshot the runway
40%
1929 – The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by how many nations ?53
20%
1857 – Siege of Arrah begins: Sixty-eight men hold out for eight days against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutineers and 8,000 irregular forces. But in which country ?India
20%
1975 – Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead. He was mayor and MP in which country ?Sri Lanka
20%
1990 – The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempts a coup d'état in which island country ?Trinidad and Tobago
20%
1990 – Which country declares independence from the Soviet Union ?Belarus
0%
1955 – El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into the air space of which country ?Bulgaria
0%
Today is celebrated in the USA as National Scotch Day and what other food of drink ?National Creme Brulee Day
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1949 – Rory MacDonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player is born. He is the bassist with with Scottish band ?Runrig
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