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

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  • The average score is 5 of 15

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
1945 – CARE was founded to a send CARE Packages of food relief to Europe after World War II. What does the acronym CARE stand for ?Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe
63%
1975 – The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after he had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings across England. Whic book was he a co-founder of ?Guiness Book of Records
63%
1978 – City mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White in which city ?San Francisco
63%
2001 – An atmosphere of which gas is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet ?Hydrogen
50%
511 – King Clovis I dies at Lutetia and is buried in the Abbey of St Genevieve. Lutetia is now known as which French city ?Paris
50%
2009 – A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and which other city ?St. Petersburg
50%
1962 – Charlie Benante, American drummer and songwriter is born. He is best known as the drummer in which thrash metal band ?Anthrax
38%
1856 – The Coup of 1856 leads to which nation's unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution ?Luxembourg
25%
1835 – James Pratt and John Smith are hanged in London; they are the last two to be executed for which crime in England ?Sodomy
25%
1971 – The Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars. Which nation built it ?Soviet Union
25%
1727 – The foundation stone to the Jerusalem Church is laid in which city ?Berlin
13%
1968 – Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball. What other sport did she participate in ?Horse Racing
13%
1989 – A Boeing 727 explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. Which organisation claimed responsibility ?Medellín Cartel
13%
1942 – World War II: The French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands in which port ?Toulon
13%
1868 – Battle of Washita River: U S Army Lieutenant Colonel George Custer leads an attack on Native Americans from which tribe that are living on reservation land ?Cheyenne
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