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On This Day (August 28th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on August 28th?
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1. 475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city. What was his capital city ?
Ravenna ✓
Florence ✓
Rome ✓
Venice ✓
2. 1521 – The Ottoman Turks occupy which city ?
Dubrovnik ✓
Belgrade ✓
Budapest ✓
Prague ✓
3. 1609 – English explorer Henry Hudson discovers which North American bay ?
Hudson Bay ✓
Chesapeake Bay ✓
Delaware Bay ✓
Bay of Fundy ✓
4. 1789 – William Herschel discovers which moon of Saturn ?
Enceladus ✓
Dione ✓
Titan ✓
Phoebe ✓
5. 1845 – The first issue of which magazine is published ?
National Police Gazette ✓
Town & Country ✓
The Friend ✓
Scientific American ✓
6. 1859 – The Carrington event is the strongest of which type of storm on record to strike the Earth ?
Hail Storm ✓
Geomagnetic Storm ✓
Snow Storm ✓
Electrical Storm ✓
7. 1898 – Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed as what ?
Pepsi-Cola ✓
Mountain Dew ✓
Dr. Pepper ✓
Sprite ✓
8. 1917 – Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing which building ?
10 Downing Street ✓
Buckingham Palace ✓
White House ✓
Capitol Building ✓
9. 1937 – Which Japanese motor manufacturer becomes an independent company ?
Nissan ✓
Mitsubishi ✓
Honda ✓
Toyota ✓
10. 1944 – World War II: Marseille and which other city are liberated ?
Perpignan ✓
Toulon ✓
Toulouse ✓
Bordeaux ✓
11. 1955 – Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in which state
Louisiana ✓
Alabama ✓
Mississippi ✓
Tennessee ✓
12. 1957 – U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on the Civil Rights Act. How long did he speak for ?
24 hours and 18 minutes ✓
18 hours and 23 minutes ✓
9 hours and 45 minutes ✓
28 hours and 10 minutes ✓
13. 1963 – The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech in which city ?
New York ✓
New Orleans ✓
Philadelphia ✓
Washington ✓
14. 1993 – The Galileo spacecraft discovers a moon around 243 Ida, the first known asteroid moon. What was it named ?
Romulus ✓
Dactyl ✓
Dimorphos ✓
Squannit ✓
15. 1930 – Windsor Davies, British actor is born. He is best known for playing Battery Sergeant Major Williams in which British sitcom ?
Dad's Army ✓
'Allo 'Allo ✓
It Ain't Half Hot Mum ✓
The Army Game ✓
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