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On This Day (April 19th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on April 19th ?
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1.
1608 – In Ireland: O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of which town ?
Derry
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Cork
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Donegal
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Omagh
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2.
1677 – The French army captures the town of Cambrai that is held by which nations troops ?
England
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Prussia
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Spain
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Portugal
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3.
1770 – Captain James Cook sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia, although he is still holding the which rank ?
First Mate
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Lieutenant
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Master
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Boatswain
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4.
1770 – Marie Antoinette marries which king of France in a proxy wedding ?
Louis XVI
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Louis Philippe I
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Charles X
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Louis XIV
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5.
1782 – John Adams secures a Dutch recognition of the US government. The first American embassy is the house he had purchased in which city ?
Amsterdam
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Utrecht
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Eindhoven
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The Hague
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6.
1927 – Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity in which of her plays ?
The Drag
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Sex
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Pleasure Man
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Diamond Lil
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7.
1943 – Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with what substance for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16 ?
Psilocybin Mushrooms
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Phencyclidine (PCP)
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Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
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Mescaline
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8.
1956 – Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco. Where did they honeymoon ?
Mediterranean Cruise
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Reunion
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Tour of Far East
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Rio de Janiero
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9.
1971 – Which African country becomes a republic with Siaka Stevens as the president ?
Cameroon
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Malawi
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Mozambique
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Sierra Leone
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10.
1971 – The Launch of Salyut 1, the first what ?
Probe to Saturn's Rings
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Space Station
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Russian Nuclear Submarine
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Hydroplane
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11.
1984 – Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and what other colour as the national colours ?
White
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Blue
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Gold
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Red
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12.
1987 – The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on which TV show ?
The Tracey Ullman Show
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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Late Night with David Letterman
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Geraldo
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13.
1999 – The German Bundestag returns to Berlin from which city ?
Frankfurt
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Bonn
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Cologne
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Hamburg
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14.
2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and is known by what name ?
Pope John Paul II
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Pope Francis
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Pope Benedict XVI
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Pope Pius XII
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15.
2011 – Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since when ?
July 1961
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March 1960
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November 1962
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October 1959
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