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

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  • This quiz has been taken 12 times
  • The average score is 5 of 15

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
2001 – In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on ....." , what ?Terror
82%
1984 – A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in which city ?Beirut, Lebanon
73%
1977 – Which Asian country is admitted to the United Nations ?Vietnam
55%
1378 – Cardinal Robert of Geneva is elected as which Antipope ?Clement VII
45%
1971 – Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to do what ?Cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.
45%
1519 – Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlucar de Barrameda on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe. Where is Sanlucar de Barrameda ?Spain
45%
1857 – The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of which city by troops loyal to the East India Company ?Delhi
36%
1962 – James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering which University ?Mississippi
36%
1973 – Singer Jim Croce, and five others die when their light aircraft crashes on takeoff at Natchitoches Regional Airport in which US state ?Louisiana
27%
2019 – Roughly 4 million people demonstrate against climate change. 16-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden leads the demonstration in which city ?New York
27%
1946 – The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed due to World War II. Which British film won the most prestigious award ?Brief Encounter
18%
1942 – The Holocaust: In the course of two days a German Einsatzgruppe murders at least 3,000 Jews in Letychiv in which country ?Ukraine
18%
1967 – RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched from which port ?Clydebank
9%
1906 – The Cunard Line's "RMS Mauretania" is launched at which port ?Newcastle upon Tyne
9%
1835 – Which decade-long war starts when rebels capture Porto Alegre in Brazil ?Ragamuffin War
9%

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