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On This Day (February 12th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on February 12th ?
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1. 1429 – English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orléans in what is known as what ?
Battle of the Herrings ✓
Battle of Orleans ✓
Battle of the Vegetables ✓
Battle of France ✓
2. 1554 - Jane Grey, Queen of England for 9 days, is beheaded for treason at what age ?
27 ✓
31 ✓
16 ✓
22 ✓
3. 1771 – Gustav III becomes the King of which nation ?
Denmark ✓
Sweden ✓
Norway ✓
Latvia ✓
4. 1894 – Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in which French city, killing one person and wounding 20 ?
Lille ✓
Lyon ✓
Marseille ✓
Paris ✓
5. 1908 - A New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska & Siberia) begins in NYC. George Schuster wins after how many days behind the wheel ?
107 ✓
88 ✓
59 ✓
141 ✓
6. 1909 – New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour. What was its name ?
SS Pelican ✓
SS Penguin ✓
SS Walrus ✓
SS Narwhal ✓
7. 1915 – In Washington, D.C., the first stone of which landmark is put into place ?
Lincoln Memorial ✓
Washington Monument ✓
Capitol Building ✓
Smithsonian Museum ✓
8. 1931 - Which radio station begins broadcasting with the callsign HVJ ?
Voice of America ✓
Radio Luxembourg ✓
Vatican Radio ✓
Radio Free Europe ✓
9. 1950 – Steve Hackett, English singer-songwriter, producer and lead guitarist of Genesis is born in which area of London ?
Pimlico ✓
Hendon ✓
Lee Valley ✓
Kew ✓
10. 1961 – The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards which planet ?
Mars ✓
Saturn ✓
Venus ✓
Mercury ✓
11. 1965 – Following the racial charged 1964 general election, Malcolm X visits which British town ?
Luton, Bedfordshire ✓
Smethwick, West Midlands ✓
Grimsby, Lincolnshire ✓
Glossop, Derbyshire ✓
12. 1994 – Four thieves break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal which of Edvard Munch's paintings ?
Vampire ✓
The Kiss ✓
Anxiety ✓
The Scream ✓
13. 2001 - Shoemaker spacecraft is the first spacecraft to do what ?
Land on an Asteroid ✓
Orbit Mercury ✓
Move out of the Solar System ✓
Pass through the tail of a Comet ✓
14. 2004 - In response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom, the city of San Francisco, California begins issuing what ?
Tax demands to foreign companies ✓
Marriage Licenses to same-sex couples ✓
Drivers Licenses to 14 year olds ✓
Tents to the homeless ✓
15. 2012 - With 97% of the vote, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow is re-elected President of which country ?
Tajikistan ✓
Uzbekistan ✓
Kyrgyzstan ✓
Turkmenistan ✓
16. 2019 - Which country changes to it's current name?
North Macedonia ✓
Eswatini ✓
Turkiye ✓
Myanmar ✓
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