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On This Day (August 14th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on August 14th?
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1. 1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of where ?
England ✓
Scotland ✓
Denmark ✓
Ulster ✓
2. 1288 – Count Adolf VIII of Berg grants town privileges to which village on the banks of the Düssel river ?
Wulfrath ✓
Erkrath ✓
Dusseldorf ✓
Gruiten ✓
3. 1370 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, grants city privileges to the European town of Carlsbad which is now known by what name ?
Karlovy Vary ✓
Krakow ✓
Salzburg ✓
Kiev ✓
4. 1592 – The first sighting of which island group by Queen Elizabeth I chief navigator John Davis ?
Virgin Islands ✓
Andaman Islands ✓
Jan Mayan Islands ✓
Falkland Islands ✓
5. 1598 – Nine Years' War: Battle of the Yellow Ford: Irish forces defeat an English expeditionary force. In which county was the battle fought ?
County Donegal ✓
County Tyrone ✓
County Armagh ✓
County Mayo ✓
6. 1814 – A cease fire agreement, called the Convention of Moss, ended which war ?
Swedish–Norwegian War ✓
Anglo-Nepalese War ✓
Fourth Xhosa War ✓
Russo-Persian War ✓
7. 1885 – Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of what product ?
Glossy paper ✓
Rust-proof paint ✓
Self adhesive wallpaper ✓
Waterproof material ✓
8. 1893 – France becomes the first country to introduce what ?
Driving Licences ✓
Tax on fuel ✓
Road signs ✓
Motor vehicle registration ✓
9. 1912 – U.S. Marines invade which country to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier ?
Guatemala ✓
Costa Rica ✓
Nicaragua ✓
El Salvador ✓
10. 1936 – Rainey Bethea is hanged in the last known public execution in the United States in which state ?
Tennessee ✓
Kentucky ✓
Alabama ✓
Texas ✓
11. 1967 – UK Offences Act declares participation in what illegal ?
Offshore pirate radio ✓
Peace protests ✓
Unlicensed music festivals ✓
Hitch-hiking ✓
12. 1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opens in which city ?
Berlin ✓
New York ✓
Rio de Janiero ✓
London ✓
13. 1980 – Lech Wałęsa leads strikes in which Polish city ?
Krakow ✓
Gdansk ✓
Katowice ✓
Warsaw ✓
14. 2003 – What event affects the northeast United States and Canada ?
Power Blackout ✓
Earthquake ✓
Jailbreak ✓
Tropical Storm ✓
15. 2015 – The US Embassy in which city re-opens after 54 years of being closed ?
Port au Prince ✓
Caracas ✓
Havana ✓
Tehran ✓
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