May 13 History Quiz — 5 Questions

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2014

Question 1 of 5

Which of the following best describes what happened on May 13?

AAn explosion at an underground coal mine in southwest Turkey kills 301 miners

BA royal coronation ceremony

CA scientific moon landing

DA major peace treaty signing

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2013

Question 2 of 5

On May 13, a notable event occurred. Which description matches it?

AA volcanic eruption in Iceland

BAmerican physician Kermit Gosnell is found guilty in Pennsylvania of murdering t

CThe founding of the United Nations

DA major earthquake in Japan

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2012

Question 3 of 5

Which event took place on May 13 in history?

ADiscovery of penicillin

BFall of the Berlin Wall

CForty-nine dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican F

DFirst commercial flight

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2011

Question 4 of 5

Historians remember May 13 for which of the following?

AFirst Moon walk by astronauts

BSigning of the Magna Carta

CLaunch of the first satellite

DTwo bombs explode in the Charsadda District of Pakistan killing 98 people and wo

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2006

Question 5 of 5

What significant event is recorded on May 13?

AOpening of the Suez Canal

BSão Paulo violence: Rebellions occur in several prisons in Brazil

CEnd of World War I

DFirst transatlantic telegraph cable

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