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On This Day (February 4th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on February 4th ?
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1.
960 – The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song dynasty period of China that would last for how many centuries ?
Three
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Four
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Two
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Five
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2.
1169 – A strong earthquake strikes the coast of which Mediterranean island, causing tens of thousands of injuries and deaths ?
Corsica
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Sicily
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Majorca
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Cyprus
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3.
1703 – In Edo (now Tokyo), how many of the forty-seven Ronin commit "Seppuku" (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death ?
35
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22
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19
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46
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4.
1789 – Who is unanimously elected as President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College ?
George Washington
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John Adams
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Thomas Jefferson
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James Madison
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5.
1859 – The "Codex Sinaiticus", one of the oldest known copies of the Bible, is discovered in which African country ?
Libya
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Egypt
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Sudan
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Ethiopia
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6.
1866 - Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science religious movement, reportedly cures her injuries by what means ?
Prayer
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Use of Holy Water
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Healing Hands
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Opening a Bible
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7.
1908 - Star #46 was added to the US flag signifying the addition to the Union of which state on November 16, 1907 ?
Ohio
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Oklahoma
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Kansas
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Arkansas
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8.
1913 – Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist is born in which city ?
Eastman, Georgia
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Pulaski, Tennessee
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Zachary, Louisiana
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Tuskegee, Alabama
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9.
1945 – World War II: The Conference between the "Big Three" (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) opens at the Livadia Palace in which city ?
Tehran
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Yalta
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Potsdam
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Casablanca
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10.
1948 - Which country declares independence from UK ?
Sri Lanka / Ceylon
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Myanmar / Burma
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Kenya
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Zimbabwe / Rhodesia
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11.
1974 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel on which motorway in England ?
M6, Lancashire
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M1, Bedfordshire
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M4, Wiltshire
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M62, Yorkshire
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12.
1999 – Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot 41 times by four plainclothes police officers on an unrelated stake-out in which US city ?
Los Angeles
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Chicago
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New York
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Miami
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13.
Today is a worldwide "Day" of awareness, it is called what ?
World Cancer Day
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World Slavery Day
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World AIDS Day
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World Poverty Day
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14.
2004 – Which mainstream online social networking site is founded on this day ?
Instagram
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Facebook
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Reddit
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Twitter
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15.
2013 - The authorities of Paris, France annuls a 213 year old law banning women from doing what ?
Ascending to the top level of the Eiffel Tower
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Driving Metro Trains
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Wearing Trousers
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Selling Newspapers
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16.
2020 - The Covid-19 pandemic causes all casinos to be shut down for 15 days in which city?
Macau
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Las Vegas
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Monte Carlo
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Singapore
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