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On This Day (April 30th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on April 30th ?
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1. 1492 – Spain gives which explorer his commission of exploration ?
Christopher Columbus ✓
Francisco Pizarro ✓
Sebastián de Belalcázar ✓
Amerigo Vespucci ✓
2. 1789 – George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States on the balcony of which building ?
White House, Washington ✓
Maryland State House, Annapolis ✓
Federal Hall, New York City ✓
Old State House, Boston ✓
3. 1803 – Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for how much ?
$10 million ✓
$15 million ✓
$20 million ✓
$30 million ✓
4. 1905 – Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at which university ?
Vienna ✓
Munich ✓
Oxford ✓
Zurich ✓
5. 1927 – The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens as the first women's federal prison in the United Statesin which state ?
Texas ✓
West Virginia ✓
California ✓
Maine ✓
6. 1927 – Mary Pickford and which other actor become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood ?
Charlie Chaplin ✓
Rudolph Valentino ✓
Buster Keaton ✓
Douglas Fairbanks ✓
7. 1938 – The animated cartoon short "Porky's Hare Hunt" debuts in movie theaters, introducing an early version of which character ?
Bugs Bunny ✓
Tweety Pie ✓
Speedy Gonzales ✓
Roadrunner ✓
8. 1943 – World War II: The British submarine HMS Seraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying what ?.
Explosives ✓
Anti Nazi Propoganda ✓
False Invasion Plans ✓
Anthrax Spores ✓
9. 1945 – World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for how long ?
3 days ✓
40 hours ✓
6 weeks ✓
3 months ✓
10. 1963 – The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to do what ?
Employ Black or Asian Bus Crews ✓
Reduce Prices ✓
Clean Bus Interiors ✓
Introduce New Routes ✓
11. 1966 – Which church is formed in The Black House, San Francisco ?
The Church of Scientology ✓
Universal Life Church ✓
The Church of Satan ✓
Heaven's Gate ✓
12. 1980 – The Iranian Embassy siege begins in which city ?
Paris ✓
Bonn ✓
Rome ✓
London ✓
13. 2009 – Which major motor manufacturer files for bankruptcy ?
Jaguar ✓
Chrysler ✓
Peugeot ✓
Fiat ✓
14. 2012 – An overloaded ferry capsizes killing at least 103 people on which Indian river ?
Brahmaputra ✓
Ganges ✓
Indus ✓
Yamuna ✓
15. 1975 – Johnny Galecki, American actor, is born. He is best known for playing which character in "The Big Bang Theory" ?
Howard Wolowitz ✓
Stuart Bloom ✓
Leonard Hofstadter ✓
Raj Koothrappali ✓
peardestroyer
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Level 57
May 8, 2020
Wow...Didn't know my birthday was so...eventful
toowise
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Level 78
May 8, 2020
Glad to be informative. Everyones birthdays span many years.and will span many more to come....thanks for taking my quiz.
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