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On This Day (December 25th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on December 25th?
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1. 336 – First documented sign of a Christmas celebration in which city ?
Athens ✓
Rome ✓
London ✓
Paris ✓
2. 508 – Clovis I, king of the Franks, is baptized into the Catholic faith by Saint Remigius in which French city ?
Paris ✓
Strasbourg ✓
Reims ✓
Avignon ✓
3. 1000 – Which European country is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I ?
Hungary ✓
Luxembourg ✓
Spain ✓
San Marino ✓
4. 1013 – Sweyn Forkbeard takes control of the Danelaw and is proclaimed king of where ?
Denmark ✓
Norway ✓
Ireland ✓
England ✓
5. 1076 – Coronation of Bolesław II as king of Poland. Which of the following was NOT one of his nicknames ?
The Generous ✓
The Bold ✓
The Helpful ✓
The Cruel ✓
6. 1492 – The "Santa María", commanded by Christopher Columbus, runs onto a reef due to an improper watch. Off which island ?
Hispaniola ✓
Bermuda ✓
Grenada ✓
Jamaica ✓
7. 1809 – Dr. Ephraim McDowell performs the first ovariotomy, removing a tumor that weighed how much ?
10 pound (4.53 kg) ✓
16 pound (7.26 kg) ✓
22 pound (9.98 kg) ✓
31 pound (14.06 kg) ✓
8. 1826 – A riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening. What was it known as ?
The Mistletoe Riot ✓
The Eggnog Riot ✓
The Cake Riot ✓
The Yuletide Riot ✓
9. 1914 – Many unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas. What sport was famously played by opposing forces in at least one of the truces ?
Cricket ✓
Tennis ✓
Rugby ✓
Soccer ✓
10. 1941 – World War II: A battle ends, beginning the Japanese occupation of which city ?
Hong Kong ✓
Taipei ✓
Manila ✓
Saigon ✓
11. 1950 – The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish students. It turns up in Scotland in April of which year ?
1958 ✓
1951 ✓
1962 ✓
1975 ✓
12. 1976 – EgyptAir Flight 664, a Boeing 707-366C, crashes on approach to Don Mueang International Airport, in which city ?
Osaka ✓
Malawi ✓
Bangkok ✓
Perth ✓
13. 1989 – Romanian Revolution: Deposed President Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial by what means ?
Hanging ✓
Electric Chair ✓
Lethal Injection ✓
Firing Squad ✓
14. 2004 – The Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on which of Saturn's moons on January 14, 2005 ?
Rhea ✓
Titan ✓
Iapetus ✓
Tethys ✓
15. 2019 – Twenty people are killed and thousands are left homeless by Typhoon Phanfone in the Philippines. By what name was the typhoon known locally ?
Typhoon Hannah ✓
Typhoon Ursula ✓
Typhoon Natalie ✓
Typhoon Tina ✓
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1ProximaCentauri
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Level 55
Dec 25, 2020
So sad to think that the Boxing Day Tsunami will be on there tomorrow. It think the exact fatality count was 224,738 or there about
toowise
+1
Level 78
Dec 25, 2020
***Spoiler Alert*** , I've already made and scheduled tomorrows quiz...I left the tsunami out of the questions and used more upbeat facts instead. The event was a atrocious tragedy.
1ProximaCentauri
+1
Level 55
Dec 25, 2020
NICE
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