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On This Day (April 22nd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on April 22nd ?
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1. 1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in what is now which country ?
Sao Tome
Mauritius
Brazil
Dominica
2. 1809 – The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over which river ?
Danube
Elba
Rhine
Oder
3. 1864 – The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates what ?
Coins must be 5% silver
Coins must be circular
Only licensed manufacterers to mint coins
"In God We Trust" be placed on all US coins
4. 1889 – Thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and what other city are formed with populations of at least 10,000 ?
Tulsa
Guthrie
Wichita
Amarillo
5. 1915 – The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in which battle ?
Second Battle of Ypres.
Battle of Passchendaele
First Battle of the Marne
Battle of Vimy Ridge
6. 1944 – World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack a German what ?
Fuel Depot
U-boat Base
Weather Station
Airfield
7. 1948 – Arab–Israeli War: Which port is captured from Arab forces ?
Tel Aviv
Ashdod
Gaza
Haifa
8. 1969 – British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world in which vessel ?
Suhaili
Golden Sun III
Kontiki VII
Tide Explorer
9. 1970 – What "Day" is celebrated for the first time ?
World Cancer Day
Earth Day
Zero Discrimination Day
World Braille Day
10. 1977 – What is used to carry live telephone traffic for the first time ?
Satellites
Radio Waves
Copper Wire
Optical Fibres
11. 1983 – The German magazine "Stern" claims that what had been found in wreckage in East Germany ?
Hitler's Diaries
Hitler's Suicide Note
Evidence of recent Nazi activity
Missing Artworks from before WW2
12. 1993 – Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall in which London district ?
Abbey Wood
Finsbury Park
Eltham
Shooter's Hill
13. 2004 – Two fuel trains collide in which Asian country, killing up to 150 people ?
Bangladesh
Vietnam
Kazakhstan
North Korea
14. 2005 – Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for what ?
Fraudulent Use of Tax Money
Japan's War Record
Excessive Travel Expenses
Being Unfaithful to his Wife
15. 2016 – The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight what ?
Global Warming
Terrorism
Poverty
Water Quality
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