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

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  • This quiz has been taken 12 times
  • The average score is 8 of 15

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with which famous battle ?Battle of Hastings
90%
1913 – Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners, in which part of the UK ?South Wales
80%
1982 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on what ?Drugs
70%
1926 – Which book by A. A. Milne is first published ?Winnie-the-Pooh
70%
1808 – The Republic of Ragusa is annexed by France. Which Croatian city is the centre of the Republic ?Dubrovnik
60%
1966 – Which North American city begins the operation of its underground rapid transit system ?Montreal, Canada
60%
1884 – George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on which invention ?Paper-strip photographic film
60%
1908 – The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning which year's World Series ?2016
50%
1957 – At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of which Spanish city ?Valencia
50%
1586 – Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against which monarch of England ?Elizabeth I
40%
2016 – Which motor manufacturer agrees to pay $175 million to United States lawyers on behalf of the owners of polluting vehicles ?Volkswagen
40%
1968 – The first live TV broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the crew of which mission ?Apollo 7
30%
1582 – Because of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in five countries on which continent ?Europe
30%
1888 – Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, "Roundhay Garden Scene", in which location ?Leeds, UK
30%
1940 – World War II: An underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz, but at which station ?Balham
10%

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