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On This Day (February 18th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on February 18th ?
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1. 1478 – George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason, is executed by drowning in a vat of wine, in which building ?
Tower of London ✓
Windsor Castle ✓
York Gaol ✓
Leeds Castle ✓
2. 1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: Sir Ralph Abercromby and a fleet of 18 British warships invade which island ?
Corsica ✓
Bermuda ✓
Trinidad ✓
Reunion ✓
3. 1861 – Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of what ?
King of Italy ✓
Prince of Lombardy ✓
Duke of Rome ✓
King of Sicily ✓
4. 1873 – Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed in Sofia by the authorities of the Ottoman Empire, by what means ?
Burnt at the Stake ✓
Poisoned ✓
Firing Squad ✓
Hanging ✓
5. 1885 – After being published in the UK the previous year, which novel is published in the United States for the first time ?
King Solomons Mines ✓
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ✓
Little Lord Fauntleroy ✓
What Katy Did Next ✓
6. 1901 - Which British politician makes his maiden speech in the House of Commons ?
Clement Attlee ✓
Winston Churchill ✓
Anthony Eden ✓
Neville Chamberlain ✓
7. 1911 – The first official flight with airmail takes place when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to a town about 10 kilometres away, in which country ?
France ✓
USA ✓
India ✓
Argentina ✓
8. 1930 – While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers which celestial body ?
Pluto ✓
Triton ✓
Ganymede ✓
Titania ✓
9. 1933 – Yoko Ono, Japanese-American singer-songwriter, wife of John Lennon is born in which Japanese city ?
Osaka ✓
Sapporo ✓
Sendai ✓
Tokyo ✓
10. 1954 – The first Church of Scientology is established in which city ?
Salt Lake City ✓
Los Angeles ✓
Las Vegas ✓
New York ✓
11. 1968 - David Gilmour joins which rock group ?
Pink Floyd ✓
Rush ✓
Moody Blues ✓
Golden Earring ✓
12. 1991 – The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington and which other London station ?
Euston ✓
St. Pancras ✓
Kings Cross ✓
Victoria ✓
13. 2003 – Nearly 200 people die in a subway fire in which South Korean city ?
Daegu ✓
Seoul ✓
Busan ✓
Gwangju ✓
14. 2013 – Armed robbers steal a haul of diamonds worth $50 million during a raid at which airport ?
Amsterdam Schipol ✓
London Gatwick ✓
Brussels ✓
Frankfurt ✓
15. 2014 – Maria Franziska von Trapp, the last surviving member of the Von Trapp Singers dies in Vermont. She was the inspiration for which musical film?
My Fair Lady ✓
The Sound of Music ✓
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ✓
Paint Your Wagon ✓
16. 2021 - Perseverance. an exploration vehicle, lands successfully on which celestial body?
Mars ✓
Venus ✓
The Moon ✓
Asteroid Bennu ✓
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