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On This Day (February 28th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on February 28th ?
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1. 202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by which dynasty ?
Han Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
Jin Dynasty
Qin Dynasty
2. 1844 – A gun on USS Princeton explodes, killing six people, while the boat is on a cruise on which river ?
Hudson
St Lawrence
Mississippi
Potomac
3. 1849 – A regular steamship service from the east to the west coast of the US begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay, how long after leaving New York Harbour ?
Four months 22 days
Three months 11 days
Two months 18 days
Five months 4 days
4. 1897 – Queen Ranavalona III is deposed by a French military force. She was the last monarch of which African country ?
Senegal
Madagascar
Niger
Burundi
5. 1900 – The Second Boer War: A 118-day siege is lifted from which town ?
Ladysmith
Mafeking
Magersfontein
Kimberley
6. 1922 – The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over which country through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence ?
Egypt
Zambia
Pakistan
Jamaica
7. 1939 – What was the erroneous word discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation ?
Mormt
Prasp
Dord
Viddy
8. 1940 – Mario Andretti, Italian-American race car driver was born in what is now which modern day country ?
Croatia
Slovenia
Slovakia
Kyrgyzstan
9. 1940 – Which sport is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh) ?
American Football
Baseball
Ice Hockey
Basketball
10. 1953 – James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of what ? (Official announcement is in April)
Protein
DNA
LSD
Methamphetamine
11. 1975 – In London, an underground train fails to stop at which station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people ?
Blackfriars
Clapham Junction
Moorgate
Charing Cross
12. 1983 – The final episode of which show airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.?
M*A*S*H
The A Team
Hill Street Blues
Dynasty
13. 1998 - "Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson divorces Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee after how many years of marriage ?
One
Two
Three
Four
14. 2013 - The brains of two animals of which species are successfully connected so that they share information ?
Monkeys
Mice
Dogs
Rats
15. 2013 - Pope Benedict XVI resigns becoming the first pope to do so since Pope Gregory XII in which year?
1415
1241
1672
1549
16. 2019 - The lost Caravaggio painting "Judith and Holofernes" rediscovered in 2014, is to be auctioned, valued at $171 million. Where was it found ?
Cafe in Zurich, Switzerland
Attic in Toulouse, France
Basement in Boise, Idaho, USA
Warehouse in Manchester, UK
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