Statistics for On This Day (November 20th) Multiple Choice

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  • This quiz has been taken 9 times
  • The average score is 6 of 15

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
1990 – Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, is arrested. What was one of his nicknames ?Butcher of Rostov
71%
1940 – World War II: Which country becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers ?Hungary
71%
1989 – The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million in an event known as what ?Velvet Revolution
71%
1947 – The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in London. Philip becomes known by what title ?Duke of Edinburgh
57%
1945 – Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice in which city ?Nuremberg
57%
1194 – Which Italian city is conquered by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor ?Palermo
57%
1992 – In England, a fire breaks out in which royal residence, badly damaging the building and causing over £50 million worth of damage ?Windsor Castle
57%
2018 – The general assembly of Interpol elects Vanuatu and Kiribati as new members, but rejects which country ?Kosovo
43%
1969 – Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11 in which year ?1971
29%
1805 – Which composer's only opera, "Fidelio", premieres in Vienna ?Beethoven
29%
1974 – The first fatal crash of a Boeing 747 occurs when Lufthansa Flight 540 crashes while attempting to takeoff from which airport ?Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya
29%
2015 – Following a hostage siege, at least 19 people are killed in Bamako, Mali. What was the name of the hotel involved ?Radisson Blu Hotel
29%
1917 – World War I: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back in which battle that started on this day ?Battle of Cambrai
14%
1789 – Which state becomes the first in the U.S. to ratify the Bill of Rights ?New Jersey
0%
1820 – An 80-ton sperm whale attacks and sinks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of which continent ?South America
0%

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