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On This Day (January 11th) Multiple Choice
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1.
532 - A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence in which city ?
Constantinople
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Rome
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Carthage
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Athens
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2.
1569 - The first recorded lottery in England is drawn in which London building ?
St. Pauls Cathedral
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Westminster Abbey
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Buckingham Palace
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Tower of London
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1693 - Which volcano erupts with estimated 7.4 magnitude, killing around 60,000 people ?
Mt. Etna
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Mt. Vesuvius
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Krakatoa
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Mt. Pinatubo
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4.
1759 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American company selling what is incorporated ?
Real Estate
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Transportation Services
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Life Insurance
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Protection
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5.
1864 - Which major railway station opens in London on this day ?
Charing Cross
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Kings Cross
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St. Pancras
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Euston
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6.
1879 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins in what is now which modern day country ?
Lesotho
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Botswana
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South Africa
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Namibia
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1892 - Which painter marries Teha'amana, a 13-year-old Tahitian girl ?
Claude Monet
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Edgar Degas
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Edvard Munch
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Paul Gauguin
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1935 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to which other state ?
California
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Washington
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Alaska
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Oregon
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1962 – An avalanche in which South American country causes around 4,000 deaths ?
Ecuador
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Peru
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Bolivia
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Chile
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10.
1971 – Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress is born in which US city ?
Detroit
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New York
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Nashville
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Boston
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11.
1986 – The Gateway Bridge is officially opened in which Australian city ?
Adelaide
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Perth
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Melbourne
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Brisbane
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12.
1994 – The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on what ?
IRA and Sinn Fein Political Broadcasts
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Homosexuality in Pre-Watershed Programmes
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Non Catholic Religious Programmes
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Advertising of Contraceptives
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13.
January 11th is a National day of what in Germany ?
National Bratwurst Day
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National Beer Day
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German Apples Day
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Motor Industry Day
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14.
2007 - Author J. K. Rowling finishes the 7th and last Harry Potter novel in Room 552 of which Edinburgh hotel ?
The Caledonian Hotel
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The Balmoral Hotel
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The Scotsman Hotel
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The Waterloo Hotel
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2008 – Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer, explorer, and first person to conquer Everest dies in which New Zealand city ?
Rotorua
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Dunedin
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Auckland
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Christchurch
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2020 - The first Covid-19 death occurs in which city?
Wuhan
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Beijing
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Shanghai
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Xi'an
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