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On This Day (December 21st) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on December 21st?
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1. 1237 – The city of Ryazan is sacked by the Mongol army of Batu Khan. Ryazan is in which modern day country ?
Russia ✓
Kazakhstan ✓
Kyrgyzstan ✓
China ✓
2. 1620 – William Bradford and the Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts. What was the ship named ?
Golden Hind ✓
Mayflower ✓
Godspeed ✓
Victory ✓
3. 1832 – Egyptian–Ottoman War: Egyptian forces decisively defeat Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya. In which modern day country is Konya ?
Syria ✓
Saudi Arabia ✓
Jordan ✓
Turkey ✓
4. 1844 – The _____ Society of Equitable Pioneers commences business at its cooperative in which English town starting the Cooperative movement ?
Woking ✓
Barnsley ✓
Rochdale ✓
Barnstable ✓
5. 1879 – World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's play "A Doll's House" at the Royal Theatre in which European capital city ?
London ✓
Copenhagen ✓
Brussels ✓
Stockholm ✓
6. 1907 – The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking miners in Iquique, Chile. What product did they mine for ?
Saltpeter ✓
Coal ✓
Gold ✓
Tin ✓
7. 1913 – Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in which newspaper ?
Financial Times ✓
The Boston Globe ✓
The Daily Mirror ✓
New York World ✓
8. 1935 – John G. Avildsen, American director, producer, and cinematographer is born. He is best known for directing which movie ?
Saturday Night Fever ✓
Rocky ✓
Cool Hand Luke ✓
The Shawshank Redemption ✓
9. 1936 – The first flight of which multi-role combat aircraft takes place ?
de Havilland Mosquito ✓
Kawasaki Ki-45 ✓
Junkers Ju 88 ✓
Messerschmitt Me 210 ✓
10. 1937 – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre in which US city ?
San Francisco ✓
Los Angeles ✓
New York ✓
Washington ✓
11. 1967 – Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a human-to-human heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, having lived for how many days after the transplant ?
Eighteen ✓
Twelve ✓
Twenty Five ✓
Six ✓
12. 1979 – Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for which former African colony is signed in London ?
Zanzibar ✓
Upper Volta ✓
Gold Coast ✓
Rhodesia ✓
13. 1988 – A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103, to date the deadliest air disaster to occur in British soil, over which small Scottish town ?
Duns ✓
Lockerbie ✓
Grantown on Spey ✓
Dufftown ✓
14. 1995 – Which city passes from Israeli to Palestinian control ?
Nazareth ✓
Be'er Sheva ✓
Bethlehem ✓
Hebron ✓
15. What food is celebrated with a commemorative day in the USA ?
National Hamburger Day ✓
National Corned Beef Hash Day ✓
National French Toast Day ✓
National Steak Au Poivre Day ✓
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