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Name That Event Trivia Quiz

I will give you a historic date. You give me the event that happened on that date.

A multiple-choice quiz by twrgod. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
twrgod

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
187,442

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
3174

Last 3 plays: Guest 101 (7/10), sam388 (8/10), wyambezi (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. 7th December 1941 Hint

Germans test first long range rocket (V2)

Citizen Kane was released

German army comes within 15 miles of the Kremlin

Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

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Question 2 of 10

2. 4th May 1865 Hint

Beginning of the Civil War

End of the Civil War

President Lincoln laid to rest

The Emancipation Proclamation is issued

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Question 3 of 10

3. 12th October 1492 Hint

Columbus lands at San Salavador in the Bahamas

Columbus discovers the American mainland

Columbus leaves Spain

Ferdinand and Isabella sign decree to expel all Jews who don't convert to Christianity

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Question 4 of 10

4. 21st October 1879 Hint

Thomas Edison invents the light bulb

The Pirates of Penzance is first performed

The Anglo-Zulu War begins

The United States Geological Survey is created

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Question 5 of 10

5. 20th July 1969 Hint

Americans land on the moon

First day of Woodstock

Colonel Gaddafi becomes Libyan leader

First trial flight of Concorde

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Question 6 of 10

6. 26th January 1986 Hint

Chernobyl accident

Legend of Zelda video game was released in Japan

Chicago Bears win Super Bowl XX

Space shuttle Challenger explodes

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Question 7 of 10

7. 22nd November 1963 Hint

San Francisco prison Alcatraz closed its doors

Nuclear Test Ban treaty

President John F. Kennedy is assassinated

Million Man March began

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Question 8 of 10

8. 17th December 1903 Hint

Wilbur & Orville make the first heavier-than-air flight

A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago kills 600

USA recognizes independence of Panama

Bob Hope was born

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Question 9 of 10

9. 29th October 1929 Hint

1st Academy Awards

Museum of Modern Art opens (NYC)

Stock Market Crashed

St. Valentine's Day Massacre

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Question 10 of 10

10. 19th October 1781 Hint

Cornwallis signed surrender to end Revolutionary War

John Hanson is elected President of the Continental Congress

George Washington crossed the Delaware River

Los Angeles is founded by a group of 44 Spanish settlers

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 7th December 1941

Answer: Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

"A date which will live in infamy." The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor propelled the United States into WWII and "awakened a sleeping giant."

2. 4th May 1865

Answer: President Lincoln laid to rest

Abraham Lincoln is laid to rest in Oak Ridge Cemetery, outside Springfield, Illinois. This is a beautiful monument to the former president.

3. 12th October 1492

Answer: Columbus lands at San Salavador in the Bahamas

On October 10, Columbus had told his crew that if no land was sighted in two days they would turn around and go home.

4. 21st October 1879

Answer: Thomas Edison invents the light bulb

On October 21, 1879, Thomas Alva Edison illuminated a carbon filament light bulb that glowed continuously for 40 hours.

5. 20th July 1969

Answer: Americans land on the moon

Neil Armstrong touched down and said "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

6. 26th January 1986

Answer: Chicago Bears win Super Bowl XX

Chernobyl accident happened on 26th April 1986. Challenger disaster happened on 28th January 1986. Legend of Zelda was released on 21st February 1986.

7. 22nd November 1963

Answer: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated

In a twist of irony, or perhaps foreshadowing, Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy and Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.

8. 17th December 1903

Answer: Wilbur & Orville make the first heavier-than-air flight

The flight lasted only 12 seconds and covered a mere 120 feet, but was the first major stepping stone for aviation.

9. 29th October 1929

Answer: Stock Market Crashed

"Black Tuesday" was the launching point for the Great Depression.

10. 19th October 1781

Answer: Cornwallis signed surrender to end Revolutionary War

Two years later, the British signed the Treaty of Paris (1783), recognizing the United States and promising to remove all its troops from the country.

Source: Author twrgod

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