Weekly Quiz No.40
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All historical events below occured in August, but in which year?: |
Which year? |
| 1. Dustin Hoffman was born on August 8th. |
a.1937 b.1940 c.1943 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
| 2. Iraq invades Kuwait. |
a.1988 b.1990 c.1992 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
| 3. The Holy Roman Empire officially comes to an end. |
a.1206 b.1506 c.1806 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
| 4. Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as Canada's capital city. |
a.1838 b.1858 c.1878 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
| 5. American inventor Thomas Edison makes the first sound recording. |
a.1877 b.1887 c.1897 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
| 6. India gains independence from Britain. |
a.1947 b.1951 c.1955 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
| 7. George Papadopoulos becomes the first president of Greece. |
a.1963 b.1968 c.1973 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
| 8. Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the United States of America. |
a.1953 b.1958 c.1963 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
| 9. International Red Cross is formed in Geneva, Switzerland. |
a.1864 b.1884 c.1904 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
| 10. Women are given the right to vote in the US. |
a.1915 b.1920 c.1925 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
© Compiled by Tony McDermott 2005