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On This Day (January 14th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 14th ?
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1. 1539 – Spain annexes which Caribbean island ?
Cuba ✓
Jamaica ✓
Hispaniola ✓
Grenada ✓
2. 1601 - Church authorities in Rome burn books written in which language ?
Latin ✓
Hebrew ✓
Sanskrit ✓
Amharic ✓
3. 1690 - Which musical instrument is invented in Nürnberg, Germany ?
Oboe ✓
Tuba ✓
Flute ✓
Clarinet ✓
4. 1907 – An earthquake centred in which North American Capital kills more than 1,000 people ?
Havana, Cuba ✓
Port au Prince, Haiti ✓
Kingston, Jamaica ✓
Mexico City, Mexico ✓
5. 1937 – Billie Jo Spears, American country singer, was born and placed on a "Blanket on the Ground" in which US state ?
Arizona ✓
New Mexico ✓
Utah ✓
Texas ✓
6. 1939 - Norway claims land on which continent ?
Europe ✓
Africa ✓
Asia ✓
Antarctica ✓
7. 1950 – The first prototype of the which airplane makes its maiden flight ?
De Havilland Heron ✓
MiG-17 ✓
Lockheed Constellation ✓
Cessna 620 ✓
8. 1954 - Joe DiMaggio marries actress Marilyn Monroe in which city ?
New York ✓
Las Vegas ✓
San Francisco ✓
New Orleans ✓
9. 1954 – The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming which corporation ?
General Motors Corporation ✓
Questar Corporation ✓
American Motors Corporation ✓
American Tractor Corporation ✓
10. 1957 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor, dies of cancer in which city ?
Los Angeles ✓
San Francisco ✓
Las Vegas ✓
Miami ✓
11. 1967 - Which newspaper reports that the U.S. Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments ?
Washington Post ✓
New York Times ✓
London Times ✓
Chicago Tribune ✓
12. 1973 - Whose concert is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history ?
Elvis Presley ✓
Bob Dylan ✓
Elton John ✓
Paul McCartney ✓
13. 1978 - Which bands final concert is held in Winterland, San Francisco ?
Sex Pistols ✓
Wings ✓
New York Dolls ✓
Ramones ✓
14. Today is National Forest Conservation Day in which Asian country ?
Thailand ✓
Laos ✓
Cambodia ✓
Myanmar ✓
15. 2004 – The national flag of the Republic of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of how many years ?
250 years ✓
500 years ✓
1000 years ✓
750 years ✓
16. 2016 - Alan Rickman, British actor dies on this day. What character did he play in the Harry Potter film series?
Lord Voldemort ✓
Draco Malfoy ✓
Albus Dumbledore ✓
Severus Snape ✓
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