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On This Day (December 28th) Multiple Choice

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1. 418 – A papal conclave begins, resulting in the election of which Pope ?
Pope Boniface I ✓
Pope Innocent I ✓
Pope Celestine I ✓
Pope Sixtus III ✓
2. 1308 – The reign of Emperor Hanazono of Japan begins. He was which emperor ?
107th ✓
63rd ✓
95th ✓
81st ✓
3. 1795 – Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in what is now which present-day Canadian city ?
Montreal ✓
Toronto ✓
Vancouver ✓
Halifax ✓
4. 1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to do what ?
Resign ✓
Commit murder ✓
Travel overseas ✓
Serve under two different presidents ✓
5. 1836 – Which Australia state is founded ?
Queensland ✓
New South Wales ✓
Tasmania ✓
South Australia ✓
6. 1846 – Which state is admitted as the 29th U.S. state ?
Ohio ✓
Iowa ✓
Idaho ✓
Georgia ✓
7. 1879 – The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75. The bridge is near which UK city ?
Belfast ✓
Swansea ✓
Dundee ✓
Leeds ✓
8. 1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as what ?
X rays ✓
Gamma rays ✓
Beta radiation ✓
Alpha radiation ✓
9. 1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in which city ?
Budapest ✓
San Francisco ✓
London ✓
Cairo ✓
10. 1918 – Constance Markievicz became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons. Where was she when elected ?
In hospital ✓
At sea ✓
Travelling abroad ✓
In prison ✓
11. 1941 – World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate which high-ranking Nazi officer, commences.
Heinrich Himmler ✓
Hermann Göring ✓
Reinhard Heydrich ✓
Martin Bormann ✓
12. 1944 – Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of which major league sport ?
Ice Hockey ✓
Football ✓
Baseball ✓
Soccer ✓
13. 1954 – Denzel Washington, American actor, director, and producer is born in a suburb of which city ?
Los Angeles ✓
New York ✓
Detroit ✓
Houston ✓
14. 1958 – "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat which team in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game ?
Dallas Cowboys ✓
Buffalo Bills ✓
New England Patriots ✓
New York Giants ✓
15. 2014 – Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to which city ?
Bangkok ✓
Singapore ✓
Dhaka ✓
Kuala Lumpur ✓
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