August 31 History Quiz — 5 Questions

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2025

Question 1 of 5

Which of the following best describes what happened on August 31?

AA landslide in the Darfur region of Sudan kills over 1000 people. 26

BA royal coronation ceremony

CA scientific moon landing

DA major peace treaty signing

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2024

Question 2 of 5

On August 31, a notable event occurred. Which description matches it?

AA volcanic eruption in Iceland

BA helicopter crashes in Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East, killing all 22 o

CThe founding of the United Nations

DA major earthquake in Japan

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2016

Question 3 of 5

Which event took place on August 31 in history?

ADiscovery of penicillin

BFall of the Berlin Wall

CBrazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office

DFirst commercial flight

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2006

Question 4 of 5

Historians remember August 31 for which of the following?

AFirst Moon walk by astronauts

BSigning of the Magna Carta

CLaunch of the first satellite

DEdvard Munch's famous painting, The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recove

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2005

Question 5 of 5

What significant event is recorded on August 31?

AOpening of the Suez Canal

BThe 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people

CEnd of World War I

DFirst transatlantic telegraph cable

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