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On This Day (April 10th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on April 10th ?
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Last updated: April 10, 2020
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1. 1407 – Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama visits the Ming dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded the which title ?
Great Treasure Prince ✓
King of Greatness ✓
Prince of Many Gifts ✓
Holy Magic Prince ✓
2. 1500 – Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to which nations authorities ?
England ✓
France ✓
Italy ✓
Switzerland ✓
3. 1809 – Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade where ?
Switzerland ✓
Hungary ✓
Italy ✓
Bavaria ✓
4. 1868 – At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. 700 Ethiopians are killed , how many British / Indian soldiers perish ?
One Hundred ✓
Seventy Five ✓
Two ✓
Twenty ✓
5. 1939 – Which charity's "Big Book" is first published ?
British Heart Foundation ✓
Alcoholics Anonymous ✓
Church of Scientology ✓
Seaman's Mission ✓
6. 1968 – The ferry "TEV Wahine" sinks in which harbour due to a fierce storm ?
Wellington, New Zealand ✓
Sydney, Australia ✓
Plymouth, United Kingdom ✓
Norfolk, VA, USA ✓
7. 1970 – Who announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons ?
John Lennon ✓
Ringo Starr ✓
Paul McCartney ✓
George Harrison ✓
8. 1971 – In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. national sports team from which sport for a week-long visit ?
Basketball ✓
Table Tennis ✓
Golf ✓
Volleyball ✓
9. 1973 – Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm, killing 108 people, on approach to which city ?
Copenhagen, Denmark ✓
Kathmandu, Nepal ✓
Gander, Canada ✓
Basel, Switzerland ✓
10. 1991 – A tropical storm develops and is the first to be documented by satellites, in which ocean ?
Atlantic ✓
Pacific ✓
Indian ✓
Southern ✓
11. 2009 – President Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis in which island nation ?
Tonga ✓
Samoa ✓
Fiji ✓
Tuvalu ✓
12. 2019 – Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first ever image of what ?
A Planet orbiting a White Dwarf Star ✓
A Black Hole ✓
Solar Tsunamis ✓
The Cosmic Web ✓
13. 1849 - Walter Hunt of New York sold the rights of his patent for $400, what did he invent ?
Welding Rods ✓
Hairdressers Scissors ✓
Thermal Gloves ✓
Safety Pin ✓
14. 1877 - Which circus act is performed for the first time in London ?
Human Cannonball ✓
Flying Trapeze ✓
Roman Ladders ✓
German Wheel ✓
15. 1912 - RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton for her maiden (and final) voyage under the charge of Captain who ?
George Jones ✓
William Potter ✓
Edward Smith ✓
James Jackson ✓
moonshot
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Level 55
Feb 14, 2021
wow great quiz!! must have taken a lot of research!
toowise
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Level 78
Feb 14, 2021
A certain amount, yeah. Thanks for taking one of my quizzes. And thanks for the compliment.
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