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On This Day (February 9th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on February 9th ?
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1. 1540 - The first recorded horse race meeting in England takes place at which course ?
Aintree, Liverpool ✓
Hamilton Park, Glasgow ✓
Roodee Fields, Chester ✓
Goodwood, Chichester ✓
2. 1555 – The Bishop of Gloucester, John Hooper, is executed in which manner ?
Lynched ✓
Burned at the Stake ✓
Beheaded ✓
Drowned ✓
3. 1870 – US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing what ?
US Weather Bureau ✓
Trading Links with China ✓
US Department of Transportation ✓
Federal Taxation ✓
4. 1886 - US President Grover Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle for what reason ?
Earthquake ✓
Labour Strikes ✓
Typhoid Outbreak ✓
Anti Chinese Violence ✓
5. 1895 – William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as what ?
Monopoly ✓
Curling ✓
Volleyball ✓
Snooker ✓
6. 1907 – What is the name of the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies in the UK ?
March for Votes ✓
The Clay Marathon ✓
The Vote Procession ✓
The Mud March ✓
7. 1909 – Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer, famous for wearing fruit hats, was born in which city ?
Rio de Janiero, Brazil ✓
Havana, Cuba ✓
Buenos Aires, Argentina ✓
Porto, Portugal ✓
8. 1923 - Which airline, that is still operational, is founded on this day ?
Air France ✓
Aeroflot ✓
Cathay Pacific ✓
Qantas ✓
9. 1941 – World War II: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in which Italian city is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate ?
Turin ✓
Palermo ✓
Genoa ✓
Trieste ✓
10. 1964 – Which musical act makes its first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers across the USA ?
The Beatles ✓
The Rolling Stones ✓
Elvis Presley ✓
The Three Degrees ✓
11. 1978 – The Budd Company unveils its first "SPV-2000" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, what is the SPV-2000 ?
Hydrogen Powered Semi Truck ✓
Self-propelled Railcar ✓
Twin Rotor Helicopter ✓
Production Line Robot ✓
12. 1981 - Bill Haley, American rock vocalist known as the father of Rock 'n' Roll, dies of a heart attack probably caused by alcoholism, at what age ?
61 ✓
72 ✓
55 ✓
80 ✓
13. 1986 - Halley's Comet makes it's last appearance in the Inner Solar System, in how many years will it return?
Approx. One Million Years ✓
30-35 Years ✓
75-79 Years ✓
Approx. 5,000 Years ✓
14. 1995 - Irish music and dance show "Riverdance" first opens in which European city ?
Dublin ✓
London ✓
Paris ✓
Brussels ✓
15. 1996 – The Provisional IRA declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in which part of London, killing two people ?
Notting Hill ✓
Camden Town ✓
Kensington ✓
Canary Wharf ✓
16. 2018 - The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics is performed in which country?
South Korea ✓
Japan ✓
Austria ✓
Canada ✓
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