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On This Day (April 28th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on April 28th ?
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1. 1611 – Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, the largest Catholic university in the world, in which country ?
Philippines ✓
Italy ✓
Mexico ✓
Argentina ✓
2. 1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for which island ?
Niue ✓
Easter Island ✓
Pitcairn Island ✓
Fiji ✓
3. 1869 – Laborers working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay how many miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched ?
Five ✓
Ten ✓
Fifteen ✓
Twenty ✓
4. 1881 – Which outlaw escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico ?
Billy the Kid ✓
Buffalo Bill ✓
Butch Cassidy ✓
Doc Holliday ✓
5. 1910 – Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins a "long distance" air race between which two cities ?
Paris to Lyon ✓
Rome to Milan ✓
London to Manchester ✓
Madrid to Barcelona ✓
6. 1920 – Which country is added to the Soviet Union ?
Kyrgyzstan ✓
Uzbekistan ✓
Lithuania ✓
Azerbaijan ✓
7. 1923 – Wembley Stadium is opened, by what was it initially known ?
The Empire Stadium ✓
London Stadium ✓
The National Stadium ✓
The British Stadium ✓
8. 1947 – Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia. What was their vessel called ?
Peruvian Shark ✓
Rapa Nue ✓
Kon-Tiki ✓
Norwegian Cross ✓
9. 1965 – US troops land in which country to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" ?
Dominican Republic ✓
Honduras ✓
Grenada ✓
Haiti ✓
10. 1973 – Which album recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run ?
Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield ✓
Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin ✓
Let It Be by The Beatles ✓
The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd ✓
11. 1986 – The United States Navy aircraft carrier "USS Enterprise" becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit which canal ?
Panama Canal ✓
Suez Canal ✓
Erie Canal ✓
Kiel Canal ✓
12. 1996 – Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a videotaped testimony for the defense lasting how long ?
20 minutes ✓
2 hours ✓
4½ hours ✓
55 minutes ✓
13. 1966 – Todd Anthony Shaw, American rapper, producer and actor is born. What is his stage name ?
Too Short ✓
Toddy S ✓
Tantelize ✓
Tosh ✓
14. 2001 - Dennis Tito becomes the world's first what ?
Internet Millionaire ✓
Autonomous Vehicle Victim ✓
Face Transplant Recipient ✓
Space Tourist ✓
15. 2018 - The Indian government announces that what has now reached every Indian village ?
Paved Road ✓
Electricity ✓
TV Reception ✓
Mains Water ✓
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