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On This Day (December 16th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on December 16th?
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1. 1497 – Vasco da Gama passes which South African river, where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal ?
Orange River ✓
Great Fish River ✓
Breede River ✓
Sunday's River ✓
2. 1653 – Which person becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ?
Sir Walter Raleigh ✓
Guy Fawkes ✓
Oliver Cromwell ✓
Francis Bacon ✓
3. 1773 – Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor. What were they disguised as ?
British Sailors ✓
Women ✓
Pirates ✓
Mohawk Indians ✓
4. 1850 – The "Charlotte Jane" and the "Randolph" bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to which port in New Zealand ?
Lyttelton ✓
Nelson ✓
Invercargill ✓
New Plymouth ✓
5. 1882 – Wales and England play the first Home Nations rugby union match. What is the contest called today ?
Five Nations ✓
Four Nations ✓
Six Nations ✓
Seven Nations ✓
6. 1883 – Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel. the campaign took place in which modern day country ?
Thailand ✓
Vietnam ✓
Myanmar ✓
Laos ✓
7. 1903 – The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel first opens its doors to guests in which Indian city ?
Mumbai ✓
Agra ✓
Kolkata ✓
Chennai ✓
8. 1930 – Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a 200-strong posse, following a botched bank robbery, in which US city ?
Paris, Illinois ✓
Camden, Ohio ✓
Robards, Kentucky ✓
Clinton, Indiana ✓
9. 1944 – World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through which forests of Europe ?
Black Forest ✓
Ardennes Forest ✓
Hallerbos Forest ✓
Białowieża Forest ✓
10. 1946 – Benny Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer is born. He is known for being a member of which group ?
ABBA ✓
Brotherhood of Man ✓
The Temptations ✓
Bachman-Turner Overdrive ✓
11. 1971 – The United Kingdom recognizes which country's independence, which is commemorated annually as National Day ?
Sri Lanka ✓
St.Lucia ✓
Bahrain ✓
Samoa ✓
12. 1985 – Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of which New York crime family ?
Gambino ✓
Bonanno ✓
Genovese ✓
Lucchese ✓
13. 1989 – Protests break out in which European city in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés ?
Gyor, Hungary ✓
Timisoara, Romania ✓
Krakow, Poland ✓
Bologna, Italy ✓
14. 1991 – Which of the "Stans" declares independence from the Soviet Union ?
Uzbekistan ✓
Kyrgyzstan ✓
Tajikistan ✓
Kazakhstan ✓
15. 2013 – A bus falls from an elevated highway in which Asian capital city killing at least 18 people ?
Bangkok ✓
Manila ✓
Dhaka ✓
Tehran ✓
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