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On This Day (August 5th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on August 5th?
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1. 1100 – Henry I is crowned King of England in which place ?
Westminster Abbey ✓
Salisbury Cathedral ✓
York Minster ✓
Lincoln Cathedral ✓
2. 1305 – William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near which city and transported to London ?
Edinburgh ✓
Stirling ✓
Glasgow ✓
Perth ✓
3. 1583 – Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now where ?
St. John, New Brunswick ✓
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador ✓
Halifax, Nova Scotia ✓
Portland, Maine ✓
4. 1620 – The Mayflower departs from which English city, carrying would-be settlers, on its first attempt to reach North America ?
Portsmouth ✓
Plymouth ✓
Dartmouth ✓
Southampton ✓
5. 1816 – The British Admiralty dismisses the invention of the electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the what means of communication ?
Messenger Runners ✓
Semaphore ✓
Homing Pigeons ✓
Horseback Couriers ✓
6. 1861 – The United States Army abolishes what means of discipline ?
Flogging ✓
Starvation ✓
Solitary Confinement ✓
Latrine Duty ✓
7. 1874 – Which country launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom ?
India ✓
United States ✓
Japan ✓
Canada ✓
8. 1888 – Bertha Benz drives between which two German cities and back in the first long distance automobile trip ?
Karlsruhe to Heidelberg ✓
Mannheim to Pforzheim ✓
Stuttgart to Ulm ✓
Koblenz to Giessen ✓
9. 1914 – The first electric traffic light is installed in which US city ?
Chicago, Illinois ✓
Detroit, Michigan ✓
Indianapolis, Indiana ✓
Cleveland, Ohio ✓
10. 1944 – World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra in which Australian state ?
Queensland ✓
New South Wales ✓
Victoria ✓
Western Australia ✓
11. 1957 – American Bandstand, a show dedicated to teenagers by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on which TV network ?
ABC ✓
NBC ✓
CBS ✓
NET ✓
12. 1962 – Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until which year ?
2001 ✓
1992 ✓
1990 ✓
1986 ✓
13. 1965 – The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control disguised as what ?
Circus performers ✓
Local inhabitants ✓
Truck drivers ✓
Religious migrants ✓
14. 1981 – President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking workers who ignored his order for them to return to work. What were their occupations ?
Fire Fighters ✓
Tax Collectors ✓
Department of Transportation Officers ✓
Air Traffic Controllers ✓
15. 2010 – The Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground for 69 days in which country ?
Chile ✓
Philippines ✓
South Africa ✓
Spain ✓
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