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On This Day (February 10th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on February 10th ?
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1. 1355 – The St Scholastica Day riot breaks out in which English city, leaving 63 scholars and 30 locals dead in two days?
Oxford ✓
Cambridge ✓
Newcastle ✓
Norwich ✓
2. 1502 – Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to which part of the world ?
Americas ✓
Indian Sub-Continent ✓
East Indies ✓
Southern Africa ✓
3. 1763 – French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes which area to Great Britain ?
Channel Islands ✓
Quebec ✓
Kashmir ✓
Somaliland ✓
4. 1870 – Which organisation is founded in New York City ?
Red Cross ✓
Church of Scientology ✓
NATO ✓
YWCA ✓
5. 1879 - The first electric arc light is used in a theatre in which US state ?
New York ✓
Illinois ✓
Florida ✓
California ✓
6. 1933 – Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf in round 13 of a boxing match at which venue, causing Schaaf's death four days later ?
Ceasar's Palace ✓
Yankee Stadium ✓
The Boardwalk Hall ✓
Madison Square Gardens ✓
7. 1940 – Which cartoon characters make their debut with "Puss Gets the Boot" ?
Tom and Jerry ✓
Sylvester and Tweety Pie ✓
Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote ✓
Yogi Bear and Boo Boo ✓
8. 1942 - Glenn Miller is awarded the first ever gold record for selling 1 million copies of which tune ?
In The Mood ✓
Chattanooga Choo Choo ✓
Pennsylvania 65000 ✓
Dont Sit Under The Apple Tree ✓
9. 1947 – Crowds gathered at shop windows in Paris to see which designer's New Look fashion of longer skirts, nipped-in waists and padded shoulders ?
Coco Chanel ✓
Jean-Paul Gaultier ✓
Christian Dior ✓
Yves Saint Laurent ✓
10. 1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in which country ?
Vietnam ✓
Cuba ✓
Honduras ✓
Philippines ✓
11. 1955 - Greg Norman, Australian golfer is born in which Australian State ?
Queensland ✓
New South Wales ✓
Tasmania ✓
Victoria ✓
12. 1996 – An IBM supercomputer defeats Garry Kasparov at chess for the first time. What was it's name ?
Quick Queen ✓
Deep Blue ✓
Poor Red ✓
Bright Bishop ✓
13. 2013 - Nigeria defeat which team 1-0 to win the football 2013 Africa Cup of Nations ?
Cameroon ✓
Kenya ✓
Burkina faso ✓
Angola ✓
14. 2016 - To save electricity, due to a drought caused by El Nino, the Venezuelan government orders the early closure of more than 100 what ?
Shopping Malls ✓
High Schools ✓
Government Offices ✓
Factories ✓
15. 2018 – 19 people are killed and 66 injured when a double-decker bus overturns in which city ?
London ✓
Berlin ✓
Hong Kong ✓
Bangkok ✓
16. 2021 - Which annual carnival is cancelled for the first time due to Covid-19 ?
Mardi Gras, New Orleans ✓
Rio de Janiero Festival ✓
Notting Hill Carnival, London ✓
Hong Kong Pride ✓
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