Quiz  /  This Day in History Quiz: August 23

  • 1. 
    Basketball player Kobe Bryant was born on August 23, 1978. Where was he born?

  • Los Angeles
  • Atlanta
  • Chicago
  • Philadelphia

  • 2. 
    Antonia Novello, who was born on August 23, 1944, became the first woman and the first person of color to serve in what role in the U.S. federal government?

  • surgeon general
  • attorney general
  • secretary of state
  • vice president

  • 3. 
    The first season of the U.S. version of what reality program ended on August 23, 2000?

  • Big Brother
  • Floribama Shore
  • The Voice
  • Survivor

  • 4. 
    Who defeated the Ṣafavids of Iran in the Battle of Chāldirān on August 23, 1514?

  • Russia
  • the Venetian republic
  • the Ottomans
  • the Mughals

  • 5. 
    What Scottish leader was executed for treason on August 23, 1305?

  • Macbeth
  • James V
  • William Wallace
  • Robert the Bruce
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