October 21 History Quiz — 5 Questions

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2019

Question 1 of 5

Which of the following best describes what happened on October 21?

AThirty people are killed in a fiery bus crash in western Democratic Republic of

BA royal coronation ceremony

CA scientific moon landing

DA major peace treaty signing

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2019

Question 2 of 5

On October 21, a notable event occurred. Which description matches it?

AA volcanic eruption in Iceland

BIn Canada, the 2019 Canadian federal election ends, resulting in incumbent Prime

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 October 21 in history?

ADiscovery of penicillin

BFall of the Berlin Wall

CA passenger train derails in Yilan County, Taiwan, killing 18 people and injurin

DFirst commercial flight

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2011

Question 4 of 5

Historians remember October 21 for which of the following?

AFirst Moon walk by astronauts

BSigning of the Magna Carta

CLaunch of the first satellite

DIraq War: President Barack Obama announces that the withdrawal of United States

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2003

Question 5 of 5

What significant event is recorded on October 21?

AOpening of the Suez Canal

BImages of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting i

CEnd of World War I

DFirst transatlantic telegraph cable

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