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On This Day (October 21st) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on October 21st?
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1. 1209 – Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by which Pope ?
Marcellus II
Adrian VI
Urban VII
Innocent III
2. 1520 – João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. He calls them by what name ?
The Winswept Isles
Islands of the 11,000 Virgins
New Madeira
Islands of Lost Souls
3. 1774 – The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include which word ?
Liberty
Freedom
Equality
Peace
4. 1854 – Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to which war ?
Boer War
Platine War
Crimean War
Second Anglo-Burmese War
5. 1879 – Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for which invention ?
Kinetoscope
Incandescent light bulb
Carbon microphone
Movie camera
6. 1907 – The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of which two countries ?
Iran and Iraq
China and Mongolia
Chile and Argentina
Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
7. 1910 – HMS Niobe arrives in which harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy ?
Saint John
Quebec City
Halifax
Vancouver
8. 1940 – The first edition of which Ernest Hemingway novel is published ?
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Green Hills of Africa
The Torrents of Spring
The Old Man and the Sea
9. 1944 – World War II: Which city falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies ?
Bocholt
Aachen
Trier
Baden-Baden
10. 1945 – Women vote for the first time during the 1945 legislative election in which country ?
Spain
Portugal
France
Ireland
11. 1959 – In New York City, which museum opens to the public ?
The Museum of Modern Art
American Museum of Natural History
Solomon R. Guggenheim
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
12. 1966 – A colliery spoil tip collapses on the village of Aberfan in which region of the UK, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren ?
South Wales
Scottish Borders
East Anglia
North Yorkshire
13. 1986 – Pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy, in which Middle Eastern country ?
Jordan
Syria
Kuwait
Lebanon
14. 2005 – Images of which dwarf planet are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery ?
Makemake
Eris
Ceres
Haumea
15. 1953 – Eric Faulkner, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist is born. He is best known as a member of which Scottish band ?
Bay City Rollers
Runrig
Simple Minds
Big Country
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