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On This Day (January 12th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 12th ?
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1. 1528 – Having already reigned since his election in June 1523, Gustav I is crowned King of which scandinavian country ?
Sweden ✓
Norway ✓
Iceland ✓
Denmark ✓
2. 1773 - First public museum established in the North American colonies, but where?
Richmond, Virginia ✓
Charlestown, South Carolina ✓
New York, New York ✓
Savannah, Georgia ✓
3. 1895 - Which Charitable Organisation is founded in Britain on this day ?
Red Cross ✓
St. Johns Ambulance Service ✓
The National Trust ✓
Royal National Lifeboat Institution ✓
4. 1915 – The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to do what ?
Create Speed Limits ✓
Raise their own Taxes ✓
Give Women the Right to Vote. ✓
Arm its Police Force ✓
5. 1918 – The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, in which 155 men and boys die. In which UK county is Halmer End ?
South Yorkshire ✓
Derbyshire ✓
Northumberland ✓
Staffordshire ✓
6. 1923 – Ira Hayes, American marine who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima was born in which of the United States ?
Arizona ✓
New Mexico ✓
Texas ✓
Colorado ✓
7. 1962 – Vietnam War: The first American combat mission in the war, takes place. What was its Codename ?
Operation Coldsweep ✓
Operation Chopper ✓
Operation Jungle Storm ✓
Operation Daybreak ✓
8. 1967 – On his death, Dr. James Bedford of the University of California becomes the first person to be what ?
Cryonically Preserved ✓
Used for Scientific Research in his own University ✓
Installed at the Forensic Research "Body Farm" ✓
Buried at Sea over the Mariana Trench ✓
9. 1976 – Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright dies on this day age 85 in which English county ?
Berkshire ✓
Isle of Wight ✓
Oxfordshire ✓
Buckinghamshire ✓
10. 1976 – The United Nations Security Council votes 11–1 to allow which Terrorist / Political Group to participate in a Security Council debate ?
Sinn Fein ✓
African National Congress ✓
Palestine Liberation Organization ✓
Khmer Rouge ✓
11. 1981 - Which soap-opera premiers on ABC in the US ?
Dallas ✓
Knotts Landing ✓
Falcon Crest ✓
Dynasty ✓
12. 1998 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid what ?
Modern Slavery ✓
Human Cloning ✓
Unregulated Immigration ✓
Income Tax higher than 75% ✓
13. January 12th is National day in India, but what does it celebrate?
National Pensioner Day ✓
National Truckers Day ✓
National Railway Workers Day ✓
National Youth Day ✓
14. 2006 - Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk (37) weds Lhotse Merriam in which Oceania country ?
New Zealand ✓
Fiji ✓
Tonga ✓
Vanuatu ✓
15. 2013 - Which city’s level of air pollution is declared to be at levels that are hazardous to human health ?
Beijing ✓
Mumbai ✓
Los Angeles ✓
Sao Paolo ✓
16. 2020 - The Taal Volcano erupts killing 39 people in which country?
Iceland ✓
Indonesia ✓
Philippines ✓
Papua New Guinea ✓
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