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On This Day (January 21st) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 21st ?
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1. 1287 - Which Meditteranean island is conquered by King Alfons III of Aragon ?
Ibiza
Sardinia
Minorca
Cyprus
2. 1899 - Which European company manufactures its first automobile ?
Citroen
Fiat
Volvo
Opel
3. 1925 –Which Eastern European country declares itself a republic ?
Albania
Montenegro
Romania
Hungary
4. 1938 - The Dutch government starts obligatory insurance against what ?
Illness
Unemployment
Motor Accidents
Natural Disasters
5. 1941 – Plácido Domingo, Spanish conductor, and one of the "Three Tenors" is born in which Spanish city ?
Barcelona
Zaragoza
Madrid
Alicante
6. 1954 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, is launched in Groton, Connecticut, what is its name ?
USS Albuquerque
USS Norfolk
USS Nautilus
USS Benjamin Franklin
7. 1959 – Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter, dies in Hollywood. What is his middle name ?
Blount
Bernard
Brian
Belvedere
8. 1960 – A coal mine collapses at Coalbrook, killing 435 miners in which country ?
South Africa
United Kingdom
United States
Nigeria
9. 1966 - Which "Beatle" marries model Pattie Boyd in Epsom, UK ?
George Harrison
John Lennon
Ringo Starr
Paul McCartney
10. 1968 – A B-52 bomber crashes near which airbase, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures ?
Elmendorf, Alaska, USA
Kadena, Okinawa, Japan
Lajes, Azores, Portugal
Thule, Greenland
11. 1976 – Commercial service of Concorde begins with the Paris-Rio de Janiero and what other route ?
London to New York
London to Bahrain
London to Singapore
London to Barbados
12. 1981 – Production of which sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, UK ?
TVR Tuscan
AC Cobra
De Lorean
Aston Martin Vantage
13. 1999 – In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the US Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms of what on board ?
Cocaine
Heroin
Marijuana
Amphetamines
14. January 21st is "Errol Barrow Day" in which Caribbean nation ?
Bahamas
Barbados
Dominican Republic
St. Kitts and Nevis
15. 2003 – A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes which Mexican state, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless ?
Baja California Sur
Colima
Chiapas
Yucatan
16. 2023 - Huu Can Tran, 72, opens fire in a dance studio, killing eleven people before committing suicide, in which US city ?
Monterrey Park, California
Gainesville, Florida
Rapid City, South Dakota
Juneau, Alaska
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