Statistics for On This Day (June 8th) Multiple Choice

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
1783 – Laki, a volcano in which country, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine ?Iceland
86%
1949 – Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as what ?Members of the Communist Party
71%
1987 – New Zealand's Labour government establishes the country to be what type of zone ?Nuclear Free Zone
71%
1928 – Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures which city, whose name is changed to one meaning "Northern Capital" ?Peking (Beijing)
71%
1887 – Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was what type of device ?Punched Card Calculator
71%
1867 – The Coronation of Franz Joseph takes place making him the King of which nation ?Hungary
57%
793 – Vikings raid an abbey on which island, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles ?Lindisfarne
57%
2009 – Two American journalists are sentenced to 12 years penal labour after being found guilty of illegally entering which country ?North Korea
57%
1995 – Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in which country ?Bosnia and Herzogovina
43%
1949 – Which of George Orwell's novels is published ?Nineteen Eighty Four
43%
1992 – The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in which city ?Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
29%
1929 – Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the Government of which country ?United Kingdom
29%
1959 – USS Barbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via what means ?Rockets
14%
1912 – Carl Laemmle incorporates which movie company ?Universal Pictures
14%
1940 – World War II: The completion of the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign known as Operation what ?Operation Alphabet
0%

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