December 31 History Quiz — 5 Questions

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2020

Question 1 of 5

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

AThe World Health Organization issues its first emergency use validation for a CO

BA royal coronation ceremony

CA scientific moon landing

DA major peace treaty signing

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2019

Question 2 of 5

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

AA volcanic eruption in Iceland

BThe World Health Organization is informed of cases of pneumonia with an unknown

CThe founding of the United Nations

DA major earthquake in Japan

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2018

Question 3 of 5

Which event took place on December 31 in history?

ADiscovery of penicillin

BFall of the Berlin Wall

CThirty-nine people are killed after a ten-story building collapses in the indust

DFirst commercial flight

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2015

Question 4 of 5

Historians remember December 31 for which of the following?

AFirst Moon walk by astronauts

BSigning of the Magna Carta

CLaunch of the first satellite

DA fire breaks out at the Downtown Address Hotel in Downtown Dubai, United Arab E

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2014

Question 5 of 5

What significant event is recorded on December 31?

AOpening of the Suez Canal

BA New Year's Eve celebration stampede in Shanghai kills at least 36 people and i

CEnd of World War I

DFirst transatlantic telegraph cable

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