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On This Day (August 9th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on August 9th?
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1. 1173 – Construction of the campanile of the Cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take how long to complete ?
Two Months ✓
Two Years ✓
Two Decades ✓
Two Centuries ✓
2. 1810 – Napoleon annexes which region as part of the First French Empire ?
Westphalia ✓
Saxony ✓
Flanders ✓
Catalonia ✓
3. 1830 – Louis Philippe becomes the king of the French following abdication of which monarch ?
Napoleon III ✓
Louis XVIII ✓
Charles X ✓
Philip V ✓
4. 1892 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for which invention ?
Typewriter ✓
Two Way Telegraph ✓
Rail warning system ✓
Automatic print machine ✓
5. 1907 – The first Boy Scout encampment concludes on which island in southern England ?
Burgh Island ✓
Isle of Portland ✓
Hayling Island ✓
Brownsea Island ✓
6. 1930 – Which character makes her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes ?
Minnie Mouse ✓
Olive Oyl ✓
Betty Boop ✓
Wilma Flintstone ✓
7. 1936 – Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins which of his gold medals at the games ?
Fourth ✓
Third ✓
Second ✓
First ✓
8. 1944 – The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring what for the first time ?
Uncle Sam ✓
Smokey Bear ✓
Fire Prevention Advice ✓
Emergency Telephone Numbers ✓
9. 1945 – World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb is dropped by the United States B-29 "Bockscar". What was the bomb called ?
Little Boy ✓
Big Boy ✓
Fat Man ✓
Big Bertha ✓
10. 1965 – Which nation becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly ?
Singapore ✓
East Timor ✓
Kiribati ✓
Benin ✓
11. 1973 – Mars 7 is launched from which country ?
USA ✓
France ✓
China ✓
USSR ✓
12. 1993 – The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a hold on national leadership after how many years ?
45 ✓
38 ✓
26 ✓
54 ✓
13. 2006 – At least 21 suspected terrorists were arrested in the United Kingdom. The arrests were made in London, Birmingham, and which other town ?
Milton Keynes ✓
Stoke on Trent ✓
High Wycombe ✓
Felixstowe ✓
14. 2019 – 220 million trees are planted in one day in which Indian region ?
Gujarat ✓
Punjab ✓
West Bengal ✓
Uttar Pradesh ✓
15. 1946 – Rinus Gerritsen, Dutch rock bass player, is born. He is known for being a member of which Dutch band ?
Golden Earring ✓
The Amazing Stroopwafels ✓
The Lemming ✓
The Outsiders ✓
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