Statistics for On This Day (October 9th) Multiple Choice

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Question	Answer	% Correct
2006 – Which country conducts its first nuclear test ?	North Korea	100%
Today is known as which awareness day in the US ?	International Beer and Pizza Day	67%
1914 – World War I: The Siege of which city comes to an end ?	Antwerp	50%
1981 – President François Mitterrand abolishes what in France ?	Capital Punishment	50%
1986 – Which play, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre ?	The Phantom of the Opera	50%
1701 – The Collegiate School of Connecticut is chartered in Old Saybrook. It is later renamed as which university ?	Yale	50%
1963 – A large landslide causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000. In which European country ?	Italy	33%
1446 – The hangul alphabet is published in which country ?	Korea	33%
1936 – Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to which city ?	Los Angeles	33%
1410 – The first known mention of the astronomical clock in which European city ?	Prague	33%
1594 – Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on which island ?	Sri Lanka	33%
1824 – Slavery in Latin America: Slavery is abolished in which country ?	Costa Rica	17%
1980 – Pope John Paul II greets which world figure during a private audience in Vatican City ?	Dalai Lama	17%
1804 – Which Australian state capital is founded ?	Hobart	17%
1941 – A coup in which country declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president ?	Panama	0%