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On This Day (April 21st) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on April 21st?
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Last updated: April 21, 2020
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1. 753 BC – Today is the traditional date on which Romulus founds which city ?
Rome ✓
Paris ✓
London ✓
Athens ✓
2. 1782 – The city of Rattanakosin is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River. By what name is it known today ?
Hanoi ✓
Jakarta ✓
Shanghai ✓
Bangkok ✓
3. 1789 – George Washington's reception as he journeys to New York City for his first inauguration is hosted by which group ?
Shopkeepers of Allentown ✓
Ladies of Trenton ✓
Gentlemen of Cranbury ✓
New Jersey Military ✓
4. 1821 – Benderli Ali Pasha arrives in Constantinople as the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire; he remains in power for how long before being sent into exile ?
Nine Weeks ✓
Nine Years ✓
Nine Months ✓
Nine Days ✓
5. 1856 – Which profession from around Melbourne march from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an eight-hour day ?
Teachers ✓
Bankers ✓
Stonemasons ✓
Carriers ✓
6. 1914 – Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by which navy ?
US Navy ✓
Royal Navy ✓
French Navy ✓
Spanish Navy ✓
7. 1934 – The "Surgeon's Photograph", is published in the Daily Mail, later proved to be a hoax, it is the most famous photo allegedly showing what ?
Fairies in a Garden ✓
Irish Leprechaun ✓
U.F.O. ✓
Loch Ness Monster ✓
8. 1948 – The United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to what is adopted ?
Kurdish Lands ✓
Kashmir Conflict ✓
Israel - Palestine Relations ✓
Suez Canal ✓
9. 1960 – Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from where ?
Rio de Janiero ✓
Sao Paolo ✓
Manaus ✓
Recife ✓
10. 1966 – Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits which island, an event that is now celebrated as Grounation Day ?
Hispaniola ✓
Socotra ✓
Jamaica ✓
Zanzibar ✓
11. 1987 – Which terrorist group are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people ?
IRA ✓
Tamil Tigers ✓
Hezbollah ✓
People's War Group ✓
12. 2014 – The city of Flint, Michigan switches its water source to the Flint River, which has caused lead poisoning in up to 12,000 people, and 15 deaths from which disease ?
Legionnaires Disease ✓
Typhoid ✓
Botulism ✓
Leptospirosis ✓
13. 1993 – The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis García Meza to how many years in jail for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution ?
Fifty ✓
Thirty ✓
Twenty ✓
Hundred ✓
14. 1977 – Which play opens on Broadway ?
Phantom of the Opera ✓
Evita ✓
Chicago ✓
Annie ✓
15. 1947 – American singer-songwriter James Newell Osterberg Jr. is born. By what name is he better known ?
Snoop Dogg ✓
Kid Creole ✓
Iggy Pop ✓
Lobo ✓
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