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On This Day (August 22nd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on August 22nd?
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1. 1485 – The Battle of Bosworth Field results in the death of Richard III and the end of which royal house ?
Plantagenet ✓
Anjou ✓
Lancaster ✓
Tudor ✓
2. 1654 – Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known immigrant to America that followed which religion ?
Islam ✓
Greek Orthodox ✓
Judaism ✓
Buddhism ✓
3. 1798 – Troops from which country land at Kilcummin, County Mayo, Ireland to aid the rebellion ?
Spain ✓
France ✓
United States ✓
Portugal ✓
4. 1827 – José de la Mar becomes President of which South American nation ?
Bolivia ✓
Ecuador ✓
Uruguay ✓
Peru ✓
5. 1851 – The first America's Cup is won by a yacht named what ?
Atlantic Challenger ✓
Don Quixote ✓
America ✓
Pussycat ✓
6. 1902 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in a what ?
Motor Car ✓
Tuxedo ✓
Glass Carriage ✓
Pair of Pyjamas ✓
7. 1941 – World War II: German troops begin the Siege of which city ?
Budapest ✓
Leningrad ✓
Dunkirk ✓
Odessa ✓
8. 1949 – The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the Cascadia earthquake in which year ?
1654 ✓
1875 ✓
1798 ✓
1700 ✓
9. 1968 – Pope Paul VI arrives in Latin America on the first papal visit to that region. In which city does he land ?
Rio de Janiero ✓
Quito ✓
Bogota ✓
San Salvador ✓
10. 1972 – Which former country is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies ?
Zaire ✓
Rhodesia ✓
Belgian Congo ✓
Upper Volta ✓
11. 1978 – The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies the national palace in which country ?
Nicaragua ✓
Costa Rica ✓
Guatemala ✓
Honduras ✓
12. 1985 – British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at which UK airport resulting in 55 deaths ?
Luton ✓
Prestwick ✓
Manchester ✓
East Midlands ✓
13. 1991 – Which country is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states ?
Japan ✓
United Kingdom ✓
Finland ✓
Iceland ✓
14. 2004 – Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in which city ?
Oslo ✓
London ✓
Vienna ✓
Paris ✓
15. 2012 – Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in the Tana River District of which country result in more than 52 deaths ?
Rwanda ✓
Kenya ✓
South Africa ✓
Botswana ✓
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