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On This Day (February 27th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on February 27th ?
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1. 425 – Which city's university is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia?
Constantinople
Rome
Damascus
Athens
2. 1557 - Which country opens an Embassy in London for the first time ?
Russia
France
Spain
China
3. 1560 – The Treaty of Berwick, is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland, to expel people from which race from Scotland ?
English
Irish
French
Viking
4. 1812 – Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in which UK county ?
Lancashire
Nottinghamshire
Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
5. 1813 - US Congress authorizes the use of which form of transport to deliver mail ?
Covered Wagons
Rail
Steamboats
Kayaks
6. 1874 - Baseball is played in England for the first time at which sports facility ?
Wimbledon Tennis Club
Lord's Cricket Ground
Aintree Racecourse
Stamford Bridge Football Ground
7. 1900 – Which German football (Soccer) club is founded on this day ?
Borussia Dortmund
Bayer Leverkusen
FC Kaiserslautern
Bayern Munich
8. 1916 – Ocean liner SS Maloja struck a mine and sank with the loss of 155 lives near which English port ?
Portsmouth
Dover
Plymouth
Ramsgate
9. 1930 - Which island is declared a Norwegian dependency ?
Svalbard
Jan Mayen Island
Bouvet Island
Peter I Island
10. 1963 – Which island nation receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo ?
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Grenada
St. Lucia
11. 1964 – The Government of Italy asks for help to protect which iconic building ?
Colosseum of Rome
Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice
Milan Cathedral
Leaning Tower of Pisa
12. 1971 – Sara Blakely, American billionaire businesswoman, is born on this day. She is the founder of which clothing company ?
Victoria's Secret
Guess
North Face
Spanx
13. 2002 – Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at which London Airport ?
Heathrow
Stansted
Gatwick
Southend
14. 2004 – Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding which event?
Mass Suicide attempt in Niigata
Poisoning the water source in Kumamoto
Tokyo Subway Sarin attack
Bomb attack on Okayama bus station
15. 2010 – An earthquake measuring 8.8 strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims. The quake triggered a tsunami that struck where shortly after ?
Hawai'i
Easter Island
Galapagos Islands
New Zealand
16. 2015 -Russian politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated whilst out walking with his girlfriend in which city?
Irkutsk
Moscow
Nizhy Novgorod
St. Petersburg
2 Comments
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Level 70
Feb 27, 2020
BAAAAYEEEERN!
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Level 78
Feb 27, 2020
Haha, happy to oblige Gassu !