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On This Day (December 6th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on December 6th?
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1.
1534 – Which South American city is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar ?
Quito
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Lima
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Montevideo
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Buenos Aires
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2.
1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to where ?
Boston
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Philadelphia
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Washington
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Baltimore
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1877 – The first edition of which newspaper is published ?
New York Times
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The Wall Street Journal
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The Washington Post
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The Boston Globe
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1897 – Which city becomes the world's first to host licensed taxicabs ?
Paris
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New York
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London
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Dublin
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1917 – A munitions explosion near which city kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time ?
Miami, USA
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Manchester, UK
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Halifax, Canada
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6.
1933 – U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that which James Joyce's novel is not obscene ?
Ulysses
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Dubliners
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Finnegans Wake
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Eveline
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1947 – Which National Park in Florida is dedicated ?
Biscayne National Park
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Dry Tortugas National Park
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Everglades National Park
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Hot Springs National Park
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1957 – A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts which country's first attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit ?
Soviet Union
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United States
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China
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France
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1969 – At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by security guards belonging to which motorcycle gang ?
Hells Angels
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Bandidos
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Outlaws
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Sons of Anarchy
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10.
1975 – The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, in which city ?
Manchester
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London
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Liverpool
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Southampton
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1982 – The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in which village in Northern Ireland ?
Drumsum
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Draperstown
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Ballykelly
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Portglenone
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1991 – Yugoslav Wars: In Croatia, forces of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army bombard which city after laying siege for seven months ?
Dubrovnik
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Split
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Rijeka
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Zadar
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1997 – A Russian Antonov An-124 Russlan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near which city ?
Voronezh
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Novosibersk
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Magadan
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Irkutsk
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1999 – The Recording Industry Association of America sues which peer-to-peer file-sharing service, alleging copyright infringement ?
Gnutella
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Napster
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Kazaa
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Limewire
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2006 – NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of what on Mars ?
Liquid Water
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Bacteria
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Gold Deposits
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Basic Plants
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Why don't you make a quiz with all Jetpunk users birthdays, and we have to guess with user is on which day ?
That might take a bit of research though, Good Luck ! :)
Happy Birthday, by the way !
p.s. don't listen to the Macc Lads if you are of a religious or nervous background. Strictly adults only and definately NSFW!
Rowan Vs. USPS was a case on whether junk mail should be abolished. The USPS won because the plaintiff's request was a violation of Freedom of Speech.
UNITED STATES V. APPROXIMATELY 64,695 POUNDS OF SHARK FINS. this was a case on whether to abolish killing Sharks for fins.
NIX V. HEDDEN was about whether Tomatoes were fruits or vegetables.
BIRTHDAY SONG CASE. This was one that argued whether the birthday song should be patented.
UNITED STATES V. NINETY-FIVE BARRELS, MORE OR LESS, ALLEGED APPLE CIDER VINEGAR. Here, the US sued a company for using rotten apples to make cider.