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On This Day (April 29th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on April 29th ?
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1. 1429 – Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of which city ?.
Orleans ✓
Paris ✓
Lyon ✓
Reims ✓
2. 1781 – American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of which island ?
St. Pierre ✓
Reunion ✓
Madeira ✓
Martinique ✓
3. 1903 – A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in which Canadian Province ?.
Saskatchewan ✓
Alberta ✓
British Columbia ✓
Ontario ✓
4. 1916 – Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in which city, bringing the Easter Rising to an end ?
Belfast ✓
Cork ✓
Dublin ✓
Donegal ✓
5. 1945 – World War II: Start of Operation Manna. What was it's aim ?
Humanitarian Food Drops ✓
Destruction of V2 Rockets ✓
Infiltration of German Military ✓
Rebuilding of Railways ✓
6. 1945 – Which concentration camp is liberated by United States troops ?
Bergen-Belsen ✓
Dachau ✓
Auschwitz ✓
Ravensbrück ✓
7. 1945 – The Italian commune of Fornovo di Taro is liberated from German forces by forces from which country ?
Australia ✓
South Africa ✓
Brazil ✓
India ✓
8. 1953 – What type of experimental television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV. for the first time ?
Surround Sound ✓
HD ✓
Colour ✓
3-D ✓
9. 1986 – A fire at the Central library in which city damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items ?
London ✓
Mexico City ✓
Sydney ✓
Los Angeles ✓
10. 1991 – A cyclone strikes, with winds over 155 mph, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless in which country ?
Sri Lanka ✓
Bangladesh ✓
Indonesia ✓
Japan ✓
11. 2015 – A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. How many fans attended ?
One Hundred ✓
Fifty Two ✓
Zero ✓
Fifteen ✓
12. 2011 – The Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place in which building ?
Westminster Abbey ✓
St. Pauls Cathedral ✓
Windsor Castle ✓
Balmoral Castle ✓
13. 1924 – Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina and actress is born. She is mentioned in which well known song ?
"We Didn't Start The Fire" by Billy Joel ✓
"Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?" by Peter Sarstedt ✓
"That Don't Impress Me Much" by Shania Twain ✓
"Vogue" by Madonna ✓
14. 1954 – Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian, actor, and producer is also born today in which New York borough ?
Brooklyn ✓
Queens ✓
Staten Island ✓
The Bronx ✓
15. Today is known as "Shōwa Day" in which country ?
Taiwan ✓
South Korea ✓
Japan ✓
North Korea ✓
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