Quiz  /  This Day in History Quiz: August 15

  • 1. 
    On August 15, 1947, Great Britain’s rule over what country ended?

  • United States
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • India
  • Ghana

  • 2. 
    What movie, released on August 15, 1979, made famous the line “I love the smell of napalm in the morning”?

  • Kramer vs. Kramer
  • Jaws
  • Fitzcarraldo
  • Apocalypse Now

  • 3. 
    The discovery of what new carnivore species, a member of the raccoon family found in Columbia and Ecuador, was announced on August 15, 2013?

  • hoary fox
  • spotted linsang
  • margay
  • olinguito

  • 4. 
    Which king of the Scots died on August 15, 1057?

  • Robert the Bruce
  • Malcolm II
  • Macbeth
  • Indulf

  • 5. 
    What canal opened on August 15, 1914?

  • Panama Canal
  • Erie Canal
  • Suez Canal
  • Brugge-Zeebrugge Canal

  • 6. 
    From what country did the Republic of Congo gain independence on August 15, 1960?

  • Italy
  • France
  • Great Britain
  • Belgium
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