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On This Day (February 14th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on February 14th ?
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1. The Feast of Saint Valentine was established by Pope Gelasius I to be celebrated on February 14 in honour of the Christian martyr, Saint Valentine of Rome, but in which year ?
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934 ✓
1102 ✓
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2. 842 – Louis the German and which other person swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German language ?
Peter the Happy ✓
Edward the Rich ✓
Charles the Bald ✓
James the Brave ✓
3. 1400 – Richard II of England dies, in Pontefract Castle, most probably as a result of what ?
Starvation ✓
Plague ✓
Assassination ✓
Torture ✓
4. 1778 – The United States flag is formally recognized by a what for the first time ?
United Kingdom Prime Minister ✓
Foreign Naval Vessel ✓
Member of a Royal Family ✓
Tribal Chief ✓
5. 1779 – James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians on which Hawaiian Island ?
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Maui ✓
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6. 1849 – In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have what ?
Medical Surgery ✓
A Mistress ✓
His Photograph Taken ✓
A Pet Tortoise ✓
7. 1852 – Great Ormond St Hospital, is founded in London, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for which type of patient ?.
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Insane ✓
8. 1912 – The U.S. Navy commissions its first what ?
Diesel Submarines ✓
Landing Craft ✓
Roll On Roll Off Cargo Vessel ✓
Aircraft Carrier ✓
9. 1912 – Which state is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state ?
Nevada ✓
Arizona ✓
New Mexico ✓
Colorado ✓
10. 1929 – Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in which city ?
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan ✓
New York, New York ✓
Chicago, Illinois ✓
Detroit, Michigan ✓
11. 1948 – Teller, American magician and actor, half of Penn & Teller was born in which city ?
Baltimore ✓
Washington DC ✓
Cincinatti ✓
Philadelphia ✓
12. 1989 – Which company agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages ?
British Petroleum ✓
Coca Cola ✓
British American Tobacco ✓
Union Carbide ✓
13. 1989 – Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill which author ?
Peter Wright ✓
Salman Rushdie ✓
Taslima Nasrin ✓
Dan Brown ✓
14. 1990 – Which spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later becomes famous as the "Pale Blue Dot" ?
Voyager 2 ✓
Voyager 1 ✓
Pioneer 10 ✓
New Horizons ✓
15. 2004 - The roof of the Transvaal Water Park collapses killing 28 people and injuring 193 others, in which city?
Johannesburg, South Africa ✓
Osaka, Japan ✓
Moscow, Russia ✓
Rio de Janiero, Brazil ✓
16. 2005 – Which website is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest of its kind in the world ?
YouTube ✓
Instagram ✓
Facebook ✓
eBay ✓
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