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On This Day (December 20th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on December 20th?
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1. 1334 – Cistercian monk Jacques Fournier is elected as which Pope ?
Pope John XXII
Pope Clement VI
Pope Innocent VI
Pope Benedict XII
2. 1832 – "HMS Clio" under the command of Captain Onslow arrives at Port Egmont under orders to take possession of which island group ?
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands
Maldives
Cook Islands
3. 1860 – Which state becomes the first to attempt to secede from the United States ?
South Carolina
Texas
Maine
Florida
4. 1915 – World War I: The last troops from which nation are evacuated from Gallipoli ?
South Africa
Australia
United Kingdom
Germany
5. 1917 – The first Soviet secret police force, is founded. By what name was it known ?
Stasi
KGB
Thinkpol
Cheka
6. 1946 – Which popular Christmas film is first released in New York City ?
Miracle on 34th Street
Christmas in Connecticut
It's a Wonderful Life
White Christmas
7. 1951 – The EBR-1 becomes the first nuclear breeder reactor to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs. In which US state was it ?
New Mexico
Idaho
New Jersey
California
8. 1957 – The initial production version of which Boeing airplane makes its first flight ?
707
747
737
777
9. 1968 – A serial killer known by what name kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California ?
Woodward Corridor Killer
Midtown Slasher
The Zodiac Killer
Shoe Fetish Slayer
10. 1971 – Which international aid organization is founded by Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists in Paris, France ?
Secours Populaire Français
Médecins Sans Frontières
Bibliothèques Sans Frontières
Solidarités International
11. 1973 – The Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated in Madrid by what means ?
Letter Bomb
Shooting
Knife attack
Car bomb
12. 1984 – The Summit Tunnel fire, one of the largest transportation tunnel fires in history, burns after a freight train carrying gasoline derails in which of the UK's hilly regions ?
Pennines
Snowdonia
Cairngorms
South Downs
13. 1987 – In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry "Doña Paz" sinks after colliding with the oil tanker "MT Vector" in the Tablas Strait in which country ?
Indonesia
Philippines
Malaysia
Japan
14. 2004 – A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of which bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland ?
Barclays Bank
National Westminster Bank
HSBC
Northern Bank
15. 2007 – The "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" by which artist is stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art ?
Henri Matisse
Claude Monet
Pablo Picasso
Henri Rousseau
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Level 54
Dec 20, 2020
We are very close to the end...

On one hand, I'm a bit sad for this series, but on the other hand, I'm happy for you. You are probably very tired...

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Dec 20, 2020
Thank you, yes getting tired of the series in one way, but looking forward to my next project !

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