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I hope you enjoy our latest quiz in the series about events that happend during this month in history. There are dozens more in the History category.

 

Questions

1) In 1497, which Portuguese explorer set sail on his first voyage to India?

 

2) Kim Jong-il became the supreme leader of which country in 1994, succeeding his father, Kim Il-sung?

 

3) The New Horizons spacecraft performed an historic flyby providing the first close-up images of which dwarf planet in 2015?

 

4) What was the name of the Russian nuclear submarine that  sank in the Barents Sea in 2000, resulting in the deaths of all 118 crew members.

 

5) When an unidentified object crashed in New Mexico in 1947 it sparked a conspiracy theory which became known as what?

 

6) In 2014 Germany won the FIFA World Cup by defeating which country 1-0 in the final held at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

 

7) Who piloted the American U2 Spy plane that was downed by the Soviet Union in 1960?

 

8) The rescue mission to save 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped in a cave complex began in July 2018 in which country?

 

9) Which bell cracked while being rung during the funeral of the U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall in 1835.

 

10) In July 2020 which associate of Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested and charged with multiple crimes related to Epstein's sex trafficking ring?

 

 

 

Answers

1) In 1497, which Portuguese explorer set sail on his first voyage to India?

Vasco da Gama

 

2) Kim Jong-il became the supreme leader of which country in 1994, succeeding his father, Kim Il-sung?

North Korea

 

3) The New Horizons spacecraft performed an historic flyby providing the first close-up images of which dwarf planet in 2015?

Pluto

 

4) What was the name of the Russian nuclear submarine that  sank in the Barents Sea in 2000, resulting in the deaths of all 118 crew members.

K-141 Kursk

 

5) When an unidentified object crashed in New Mexico in 1947 it sparked a conspiracy theory which became known as what?

The Roswell UFO incident

 

6) In 2014 Germany won the FIFA World Cup by defeating which country 1-0 in the final held at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Argentina

 

7) Who piloted the American U2 Spy plane that was downed by the Soviet Union in 1960?

(Francis) Gary Powers.

 

8) The rescue mission to save 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped in a cave complex began in July 2018 in which country?

Thailand

 

9) Which bell cracked while being rung during the funeral of the U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall in 1835.

The Liberty Bell

 

10) In July 2020 which associate of Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested and charged with multiple crimes related to Epstein's sex trafficking ring?

Ghislaine Maxwell