May 8 History Quiz — 5 Questions

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2025

Question 1 of 5

Which of the following best describes what happened on May 8?

AThe 2025 papal conclave elects Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, taking the name

BA royal coronation ceremony

CA scientific moon landing

DA major peace treaty signing

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2021

Question 2 of 5

On May 8, a notable event occurred. Which description matches it?

AA volcanic eruption in Iceland

BA car bomb explodes in front of a school in Kabul, capital city of Afghanistan k

CThe founding of the United Nations

DA major earthquake in Japan

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2019

Question 3 of 5

Which event took place on May 8 in history?

ADiscovery of penicillin

BFall of the Berlin Wall

CBritish 17-year-old Isabelle Holdaway is reported to be the first patient ever t

DFirst commercial flight

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1997

Question 4 of 5

Historians remember May 8 for which of the following?

AFirst Moon walk by astronauts

BSigning of the Magna Carta

CLaunch of the first satellite

DChina Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an Internationa

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1988

Question 5 of 5

What significant event is recorded on May 8?

AOpening of the Suez Canal

BA fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS net

CEnd of World War I

DFirst transatlantic telegraph cable

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