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On This Day (March 25th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on March 20th ?
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1. 708 – Pope Constantine succeeds which Pope to become the 88th pope ?
Pope John VII
Pope Sisinnius
Pope Gregory III
Pope Benedict II
2. 717 – Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire in order to do what ?
Enter the Clergy
Travel to Spain
Marry
Become a Merchant
3. 1150 - The Tichborne family of Hampshire, England start the tradition (that continues to this day) of giving a gallon of what to residents to keep a deathbed promise ?
Flour
Ale
Mead
Olive Oil
4. 1655 – Which moon of Saturn is discovered by Christiaan Huygens ?
Enceladus
Iapetus
Dione
Titan
5. 1807 – The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in which Empire ?
British Empire
Dutch Empire
French Colonial Empire
Spanish Empire
6. 1807 – The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world, it is also known as what ?
Worms Head Railway
Oystermouth Railway
Black Pill Railway
Rams Tor Railway
7. 1931 – The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with what ?
Theft
Assault
Rape
Murder
8. 1937 - It is revealed that Babe Ruth receives $25,000 per year for ads for which company ?
Coca-Cola
Ford
Marlboro
Quaker Oats
9. 1954 - RCA manufactures it's first colour TV set with a 12½" screen costing how much ?
$2500
$1000
$750
$3000
10. 1957 – United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on what grounds ?
Obscenity
Incitement to Riot
Description of Criminal Acts
Racism
11. 1957 – The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and which other country as the first members ?
Austria
United Kingdom
Spain
Luxembourg
12. 1969 – During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first "Bed-In for Peace" at which hotel ?
Claridge's, London
Amsterdam Hilton
The Plaza, New York City
Raffles, Singapore
13. 1988 – The Candle demonstration is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in which country ?
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Poland
14. 1996 – The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of what ?
Foot and Mouth Disease
Tuberculosis in Cattle
Mad Cow Disease (BSE)
Price Rigging
15. 2015 - British musician Zayn Malik announces he is leaving which band ?
Back Street Boys
Busted
One Direction
Arctic Monkeys
16. 1979 - The first fully functional Space Shuttle is delivered to the Kennedy Space Centre, what was it's name?
Columbia
Endeavor
Challenger
Enterprise
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