Quiz  /  This Day in History Quiz: August 31

  • 1. 
    Which president of Taiwan, who became the first woman to hold that office, was born on August 31, 1956?

  • Tsai Ing-wen
  • Chen Shui-bian
  • Lee Teng-hui
  • Chiang Kai-shek

  • 2. 
    Which countries declared independence and separated from the Soviet Union on August 31, 1991?

  • Russia and Ukraine
  • Estonia and Latvia
  • Georgia and Armenia
  • Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

  • 3. 
    Mary Ann Nichols, the first victim of a famous serial killer, was found on August 31, 1888. Who killed her?

  • H.H. Holmes
  • Ted Bundy
  • Jack the Ripper
  • John Wayne Gacy

  • 4. 
    Which city became the capital of Hawaii on August 31, 1850, under the rule of King Kamehameha III?

  • Kailua-Kona
  • Honolulu
  • Lahaina
  • Princeville

  • 5. 
    Which president of Brazil was impeached on August 31, 2016, for covering up a budget deficit ahead of an election?

  • Dilma Rousseff
  • Jair Bolsonaro
  • Fernando Collor de Mello
  • Michel Temer

  • 6. 
    Which one of Thomas Edison’s inventions received its patent on August 31, 1897?

  • the alkaline battery
  • the Kinetoscope
  • the light bulb
  • the phonograph
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