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On This Day (December 2nd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on December 2nd?
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1. 1409 – The second oldest university in what is now Germany opens in which city ?
Aachen
Hannover
Regensburg
Leipzig
2. 1697 – Which cathedral is consecrated in England ?
Lincoln Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral
St. Pauls Cathedral, London
Coventry Cathedral
3. 1763 – The Touro Synagogue, the first synagogue in what will become the United States, is dedicated in which city ?
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Newport, Rhode Island
Worcester, Massachusetts
Nashua, New Hampshire
4. 1867 – At Tremont Temple in Boston, which British author gives his first public reading in the United States ?
Charles Dickens
Thomas Hardy
Lewis Carroll
H. G. Wells
5. 1908 – Puyi becomes Emperor of China at what age ?
Seven
Fourteen
Two
Twelve
6. 1927 – Following 19 years of Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils which model as its new automobile ?
Model K
Model S
Model B
Model A
7. 1939 – Which of New York City's numerous airports opens for the first time ?
La Guardia
Idlewild (JFK)
Newark Liberty
Teterboro
8. 1943 – World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on which Italian harbour sinks numerous cargo and transport ships including one carrying mustard gas ?
Trieste
Brindisi
Bari
Naples
9. 1957 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to which conflict is adopted ?
Korea
Kashmir
Vietnam
Algeria
10. 1982 – At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent what ?
Artificial heart
Seat on board of directors
Monthly salary until death
Robotic arm
11. 1988 – Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of which country, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state ?
Maldives
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Afghanistan
12. 1991 – Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of which nation from the Soviet Union ?
Belarus
Estonia
Latvia
Ukraine
13. 1993 – Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in which city ?
Medellin
Bogota
Cali
Barranquilla
14. 2016 – Thirty-six people die in a fire at a converted warehouse serving as an artist collective in which Californian city ?
Modesto
Mendocino
Oakland
Anaheim
15. 1960 – Rick Savage, English singer-songwriter and bass player is born. He is best known as a founding member of which British rock band ?
The Jam
Def Leppard
Iron Maiden
U2
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