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On This Day (April 9th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on April 9th ?
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1.
1388 – Forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Näfels, despite being outnumbered by how many to 1 ?
16
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25
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10
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30
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2.
1440 – Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of which country ?
Sweden
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Prussia
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Denmark
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Portugal
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3.
1682 – Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of which river, claiming it for France ?
Yukon
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St. Lawrence
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Hudson
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Mississippi
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4.
1914 – One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of which country ?
Mexico
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Germany
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United Kingdom
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Morocco
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5.
1937 – The first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe arrives at Croydon Airport in London. what was its name ?
Yakunitatta
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Tabi
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Kamikaze
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Sayōnara
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6.
1947 – The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and which other state ?
Arkansas
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Kansas
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New Mexico
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Missouri
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7.
1948 – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in which city ?
Lima
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Quito
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Caracas
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Bogota
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8.
1957 – Which canal is cleared of debris and opened to shipping ?
Suez Canal
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Panama Canal
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Kiel Canal
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Erie Canal
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9.
1959 – NASA announces the selection of the United States' first astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the what ?
Venus Five
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Mars Eleven
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Mercury Seven
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Moon Nine
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10.
1969 – Which British-built aircraft makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford ?
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
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BAC Concorde
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Scottish Aviation Bulldog
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Westland Lynx
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11.
1991 – Which country declares independence from the Soviet Union ?
Armenia
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Kazakhstan
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Kyrgyzstan
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Georgia
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12.
1992 – A US Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to how many years in prison ?
30
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50
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20
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40
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13.
2005 – Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at the Guildhall in which town ?
Aberdeen
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Caernarvon
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Windsor
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King's Lynn
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14.
2017 – After refusing to give up his seat on an overbooked flight, Dr. David Dao Duy Anh is forcibly dragged off the flight by aviation security officers on which airline ?
American Airlines
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United Airlines
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Southwest Airlines
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Delta Airlines
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15.
1957 – Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer and architect, is born in which Spanish region ?
Murcia
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Catalonia
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Andalusia
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Cantabria
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