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On This Day (December 31st) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on December 31st?
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1.
1229 – James I the Conqueror, King of Aragon enters Medina Mayurqa thus consummating the Christian reconquest of which island ?
Menorca
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Ibiza
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Tenerife
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Majorca
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2.
1670 – The expedition of John Narborough leaves Corral Bay having surveyed the coast and lost 4 hostages to the Spanish. In which modern day country is Corral Bay ?
Peru
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Cuba
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Chile
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Mexico
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3.
1687 – The first Huguenots set sail from France to which Cape ?
Cape Cod
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Cape of Good Hope
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Cape Horn
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Cape York
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4.
1759 – Arthur Guinness signs a lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness. How long is the lease valid for ?
999 years
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9,000 years
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20,000 years
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500 years
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5.
1831 – Which park in Manhattan is deeded to New York City ?
Gramercy Park
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Carl Schurz Park
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Isham Park
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Sakura Park
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6.
1879 – Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, at Menlo Park in which US state ?
New York
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New Hampshire
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New Mexico
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New Jersey
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7.
1907 – The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square in Manhattan. What was the square then known as ?
Lincoln Square
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Longacre Square
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Washington Square
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Grand Army Plaza
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8.
1956 – Which European country's television network begins its first broadcast ?
Yugoslavia
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Portugal
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Romania
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Malta
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9.
1963 – The Central African Federation officially collapses, subsequently becoming Zambia, Rhodesia and which other nation ?
Burundi
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Uganda
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Rwanda
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Malawi
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10.
1983 – Benjamin Ward is appointed New York City Police Department's first ever police commissioner from which ethnic group ?
African American
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Native American
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British American
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Hispanic American
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11.
1992 – Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. What did the media call the split ?
Marshmallow Divorce
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Pillow Divorce
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Velvet Divorce
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Silk Divorce
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12.
1999 – Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacking ended after seven days with the release of 190 survivors at which city's airport ?
Cairo, Egypt
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Kandahar, Afganistan
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Karachi, Pakistan
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Bangkok, Thailand
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2004 – The official opening of which building, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world ?
Petronas Towers
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Shanghai World Financial Center
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Landmark 81
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Taipei 101
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14.
2011 – NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around which celestial body ?
Mars
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Venus
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The Moon
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Mercury
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15.
2019 – The World Health Organization was informed of cases of pneumonia with an unknown cause, detected in which city ?
Chennai
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Wuhan
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Ulaan Bataar
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Kathmandu
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I can't say I was a big follower of this series, because I haven't taken all the quizzes at all, but once a week (during the week end, it's easier for me), it was always fun and unstructive to take one On this day quiz. I learn many things because of you, so thanks!
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