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On This Day (April 24th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on April 24th ?
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1.
1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although due to his age power effectively shifts to who?
Ramses II
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Hatshepsut
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Tutankhamun
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Nectanebo II
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1558 – Who marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris ?
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
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Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre
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Anna Jagiellon, Queen of Poland
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Grand Princess Anna Vasilievna of Ryazan
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3.
1885 – Who is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show ?
Calamity Jane
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Pawnee Bill
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Annie Oakley
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The Fabulous Topperweins
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4.
1913 – Which skyscraper in New York City is opened ?
Flatiron Building
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Bush Tower
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Manhattan Municipal Building
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The Woolworth Building
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1916 – Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from which island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance ?
Elephant Island
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Coronation Island
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South Georgia
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King George Island
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6.
1918 – World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux near to which French town ?
Saint Quentin
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Arras
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Amiens
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Verdun
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1932 – Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of which UK moorland area, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
Exmoor
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Kinder Scout
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Long Mynd
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Saddleworth Moor
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8.
1990 – Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after how many years of quarantine ?
48
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27
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65
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103
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9.
2004 – The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed 18 years previously on which country ?
Iraq
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Cambodia
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Honduras
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Libya
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10.
1970 – Which country becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President ?
Lesotho
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The Gambia
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East Timor
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Barbados
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1860 – Queen Marau is born and is to become the last Queen of which island ?
Zanzibar
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Tonga
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Tahiti
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Niue
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12.
1974 – Bud Abbott, American comedian dies. Groucho Marx once declared Abbott to be what ?
"The Greatest Straight Man Ever."
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"A Legend in his Lifetime"
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"A Comedy Genius"
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"A Pain in the Ass"
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13.
1944 – World War II: The British Special Boat Service launches a raid against the garrison on which Greek island ?
Naxos
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Santorini
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Crete
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Corfu
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14.
1980 – Eight U.S. servicemen die as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis in which military Operation ?
Operation Tiger Tooth
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Operation Shark Fin
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Operation Eagle Claw
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Operation Spider Web
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1982 – Kelly Clarkson, singer-songwriter, producer, and actress is born. She achieved fame after winning which TV reality show ?
Big Brother
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The X Factor
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The Voice
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American Idol
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