play quizzes ad-free

On This Day: March 20th Quiz Stats

Quiz Updated Mar 21, 2017

Challenge
Share
Tweet
Embed
Score 0/7 Timer 03:00
3 Plays Today
Question Answer Wrong Answers
US President Barack Obama arrives at this island nation, becoming the first President to have set foot on their soil in almost 90 years.
2016		 Cuba
91.5%
Haiti
4%
Dominican Republic
1.1%
Jamaica
1%
'Uncle Tom's Cabin' is first published in Boston by this author and abolitionist, immediately receiving widespread attention.
1852		 Harriet Beecher Stowe
88.1%
Louisa May Alcott
6.8%
Margaret Fuller
2.7%
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
1.8%
General MacArthur first delivers a speech containing the famous phrase 'I shall return' after US forces were expelled from this modern nation by the Imperial Japanese forces.
1942		 The Philippines
83.1%
Papua New Guinea
4.3%
Singapore
9.3%
Brunei
2.3%
Napoleon returns from exile on this island to enter Paris, beginning the 'Hundred Days' rule and the end of the Napoleonic wars.
1815		 Elba
82.8%
Crete
5.8%
Cyprus
6.5%
Sicily
4.9%
A special election is held to posthumously induct this Pittsburgh Pirates great into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, only weeks after his sudden death.
1973		 Roberto Clemente
71.4%
Willie Stargell
11.2%
Bill Mazeroski
6.6%
Mike Schmidt
9.1%
A female specimen of this animal, the largest in the world, weighing 150 metric tons and measuring more than 90 ft. is caught near the Falkland Islands.
1947		 Blue Whale
70.4%
Orca Whale
8%
Humpback Whale
14.2%
Great White Shark
6.1%
The first of these theme parks to be constructed outside of Europe opens in Carlsbad, California.
1999		 Legoland
59%
Knott's Berry Farm
7.9%
Six Flags
20%
Schlitterbahn
10.9%
play quizzes ad-free

Today's Daily Dose

Missing Word
Movies on the Map II

Word Ladder
Great American Eclipse

Quick Pick
Forts

On This Day
August 21st

You're not logged in!

Compare scores with friends on all Sporcle quizzes.
Sign Up with Email
OR
Log In

You Might Also Like...

Historic UN Resolutions
'K' in History
Picture Click Timeline: 20th C.
On Each Day of July
hide this ad

Show Comments

Extras

Top Quizzes Today


Score Distribution

hide this ad

Your Account Isn't Verified!

In order to create a playlist on Sporcle, you need to verify the email address you used during registration. Go to your Sporcle Settings to finish the process.