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On This Day (February 11th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on February 11th ?
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1.
1534 – Henry VIII of England is recognized as the supreme head of what ?
Church of England
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English Government
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English and Welsh Trade Missions
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All Counties and Dominions
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2.
1659 – The assault on Copenhagen by forces from which country is beaten back with heavy losses ?
Norway
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Holy Roman Empire
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Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth
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Sweden
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3.
1812 – Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry is the first to be accused of what ?
Filibustering
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Gerrymandering
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Purjery
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Treason
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4.
1823 – Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a stampede at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in which European city ?
Valletta, Malta
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Palermo, Italy
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Durres, Albania
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Cadiz, Spain
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5.
1858 – Bernadette Soubirous has her first vision of who in Lourdes, France ?
Jesus Christ
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Archangel Gabriel
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Virgin Mary
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Adam and Eve
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6.
1926 – Leslie Nielsen, actor, producer, and star of the "Naked Gun" film franchise is born in which city ?
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Sacramento, California, USA
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7.
1929 – The Kingdom of Italy and which other state sign the Lateran Treaty ?
San Marino
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Switzerland
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Malta
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Vatican City
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8.
1942 – World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in which country ?
Singapore
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Thailand
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Malaysia
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Philippines
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9.
1978 – China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and which other author ?
George Orwell
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Agatha Christie
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Charles Dickens
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Mark Twain
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10.
1981 – Around 100,000 gallons of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of a nuclear plant, contaminating 8 workers, in which state of the US ?
New Jersey
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Tennessee
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Alabama
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Arkansas
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11.
2001 – A Dutch programmer launched a virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of which tennis star ?
Boris Becker
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Virginia Wade
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Maria Sharapova
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Anna Kournikova
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12.
2006 – U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney shot Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old Texas attorney, while participating in which activity on a ranch in Riviera, Texas ?
Quail Hunt
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Target Practice
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Clay Pigeon Shooting
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Weapon Cleaning
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13.
2012 – Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress dies in which Beverly Hills Hotel ?
Waldorf Astoria
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Beverly Wilshire
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The Montage
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Beverly Hilton
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14.
2013 - The Vatican confirms that Pope Benedict XVI will resign the papacy as a result of what?
Dementia
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Old Age
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Criminal Activity
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Conversion to Islam
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15.
2014 – A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province, killing 77 people, in the east of which country ?
Morocco
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Mauritania
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Algeria
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Mali
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2020 - The World Health organisation officially names the coronavirus outbreak as what?
SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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Corona19
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SARS-COVID-20
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