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On This Day (July 15th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on July 15th?
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1. 484 BC – The Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux takes place in which ancient city ?
Rome
Athens
Carthage
Cairo
2. 1207 – King John of England expels monks from which city for supporting Archbishop Stephen Langton ?
York
Lincoln
Canterbury
Salisbury
3. 1381 – John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of which king of England ?
King John
King Richard II
King Edward I
King James II
4. 1799 – The Rosetta Stone is found in which Egyptian village by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard ?
Damanhour
Zagazig
Damietta
Rosetta
5. 1834 – The Spanish Inquisition is officially disbanded after approximately how many years ?
415
265
356
304
6. 1870 – Reconstruction Era of the United States: Which state becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union ?
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
7. 1888 – The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people in which country ?
Japan
Indonesia
Philippines
Iceland
8. 1927 – Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by police in which European city ?
Trieste
Stockholm
Marseille
Vienna
9. 1955 – Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against what ?
Modern Slavery
Nuclear Weapons
Racism
Global Warming
10. 1966 – Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin which Operation to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone ?
Operation Waterloo
Operation Brighton
Operation Grapple
Operation Hastings
11. 1974 – Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios in which country ?
Cyprus
Greece
Turkey
Bulgaria
12. 1996 – A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying a marching band from which country's army crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport ?
Belgium
Republic of Congo
Netherlands
Suriname
13. 1998 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP S. Shanmuganathan is killed by what weapon ?
Bayonet
Claymore mine
AK-47 Rifle
Car Bomb
14. 2006 – Which social media platform is launched ?
Twitter
Reddit
Facebook
Instagram
15. 2014 – A train derails on which city's Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others ?
Seoul
New York
London
Moscow
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