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On This Day (August 10th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on August 10th?
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1. 991 – Battle of Maldon: The English, led by Byrhtnoth, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in which English county ?
Norfolk ✓
Northumberland ✓
Essex ✓
Kent ✓
2. 1270 – Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of which country, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year Zagwe interregnum ?
Ethiopia ✓
Japan ✓
Egypt ✓
Syria ✓
3. 1519 – Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from which Spanish port to circumnavigate the globe ?
Cadiz ✓
Valencia ✓
A Coruna ✓
Seville ✓
4. 1675 – The foundation stone of which building is laid in London, England ?
Buckingham Palace ✓
Royal Greenwich Observatory ✓
Tower Bridge ✓
Houses of Parliament ✓
5. 1793 – Which landmark is officially opened in Paris, France ?
Sacre Coeur ✓
Eiffel Tower ✓
Louvre Museum ✓
Arc de Triomphe ✓
6. 1846 – The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates how much ?
$500,000 ✓
$1,000,000 ✓
$750,000 ✓
$250,000 ✓
7. 1897 – German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid, better known as which medication ?
Paracetamol ✓
Aspirin ✓
Ibuprofen ✓
Insulin ✓
8. 1932 – A 5.1 kilograms (11 lb) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in which US state ?
Wisconsin ✓
Mississippi ✓
Texas ✓
Missouri ✓
9. 1948 – "Candid Camera" makes its television debut after being on radio for a year known as what ?
Secret Camera ✓
Secret Squirrel ✓
Candid Microphone ✓
Hidden Helpers ✓
10. 1954 – The groundbreaking ceremony is held for which navigation system ?
Saint Lawrence Seaway ✓
Rhine-Main-Danube Canal ✓
Volga-Baltic Waterway ✓
Danube–Black Sea Canal ✓
11. 1990 – The Magellan space probe reaches which planet ?
Mercury ✓
Neptune ✓
Saturn ✓
Venus ✓
12. 1995 – Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing of which city ?
Boston, USA ✓
Manchester, UK ✓
Paris, France ✓
Oklahoma City, USA ✓
13. 1998 – HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of which nation with a Royal Proclamation ?
Bahrain ✓
Brunei ✓
Bhutan ✓
Qatar ✓
14. 2003 – An urban monorail is opened on which Japanese island ?
Sado ✓
Okushiri ✓
Okinawa ✓
Nagashima ✓
15. 1960 – Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor and producer is born. Which character did he voice in the Shrek film franchise ?
Lord Farquaad ✓
Puss in Boots ✓
Donkey ✓
Gingerbread Man ✓
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