October 15 History Quiz — 5 Questions

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2018

Question 1 of 5

Which of the following best describes what happened on October 15?

A13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is kidnapped from her Barron, Wisconsin

BA royal coronation ceremony

CA scientific moon landing

DA major peace treaty signing

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2016

Question 2 of 5

On October 15, a notable event occurred. Which description matches it?

AA volcanic eruption in Iceland

BOne hundred and ninety-seven nations amend the Montreal Protocol to include a ph

CThe founding of the United Nations

DA major earthquake in Japan

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2008

Question 3 of 5

Which event took place on October 15 in history?

ADiscovery of penicillin

BFall of the Berlin Wall

CThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second

DFirst commercial flight

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2007

Question 4 of 5

Historians remember October 15 for which of the following?

AFirst Moon walk by astronauts

BSigning of the Magna Carta

CLaunch of the first satellite

DSeventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11

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2003

Question 5 of 5

What significant event is recorded on October 15?

AOpening of the Suez Canal

BChina launches Shenzhou 5, its first crewed space mission

CEnd of World War I

DFirst transatlantic telegraph cable

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