Statistics for On This Day (October 28th) Multiple Choice

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  • This quiz has been taken 8 times
  • The average score is 6 of 15

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
1919 – The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for what to begin the following January ?Alcohol Prohibition
71%
1726 – The novel Gulliver's Travels is published. Who wrote the novel ?Jonathan Swift
71%
1538 – The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now which country ?Dominican Republic
57%
1990 – Which country holds its only free election under Soviet rule ?Georgia
57%
1420 – Which city is officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty ?Beijing
43%
Today in the US is marked as what ?National Chocolate Day
43%
1886 – US president Grover Cleveland dedicates which landmark ?Statue of Liberty
43%
2007 – Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of which country ?Argentina
29%
1834 – The Pinjarra massacre occurs in the Swan River Colony. An estimated 30 Noongar people are killed by British colonists in which country ?Australia
29%
1949 – An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in which island group, killing all 48 people on board ?Azores
29%
1893 – Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, "Pathétique" receives its première performance how long before the composer's death ?Nine days
29%
1958 – Which Pope is elected ?Pope John XXIII
29%
1664 – The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot is established. It was later to be known as which part of the British military ?Royal Marines
29%
1492 – Christopher Columbus lands on which island on his first voyage to the New World ?Cuba
14%
1942 – The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at which city in Canada ?Dawson Creek
14%

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