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On This Day (January 15th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 15th ?
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1. 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of what duration ?
Two Years ✓
Three Months ✓
Six Months ✓
Twenty Years ✓
2. 1559 – Who is crowned Monarch of England in Westminster Abbey, London ?
Edward VI ✓
Elizabeth I ✓
Mary I ✓
James I ✓
3. 1759 – Which London Museum opens to the public ?
The British Museum ✓
The Natural History Museum ✓
Victoria and Albert Museum ✓
The Science Museum ✓
4. 1777 – American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut declares its independence. What is New Connecticut known as today ?
Maryland ✓
Connecticut ✓
Rhode Island ✓
Vermont ✓
5. 1889 – What company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta ?
The Coca-Cola Company ✓
Kelloggs ✓
Proctor & Gamble ✓
Levi Strauss ✓
6. 1919 – Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through which city, killing 21 and injuring 150 ?
Providence, Rhode Island ✓
Halifax, Nova Scotia ✓
Boston, Massachusetts ✓
Portland, Oregon ✓
7. 1961 - Berry Gordy signs which group to Motown Records ?
The Supremes ✓
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas ✓
Gladys Knight and the Pips ✓
The Temptations ✓
8. 1967 – The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat which team, 35–10 ?
Minnesota Vikings ✓
Denver Broncos ✓
Kansas City Chiefs ✓
Los Angeles Rams ✓
9. 1974 - TV sitcom "Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on the ABC network. In which US city is it set ?
Reno ✓
Charlotte ✓
Providence ✓
Milwaukee ✓
10. 1981 – Armando Christian Pérez , American rapper and producer, born this day in Miami, Florida, is better known by what name ?
Drake ✓
Pitbull ✓
Jay-Z ✓
Ice Cube ✓
11. 1982 - Mark Thatcher, son of UK prime minister Magaret Thatcher, makes his way home after 6 days missing in which desert ?
Sahara ✓
Gobi ✓
Namib ✓
Kalahari ✓
12. What food is celebrated nationally in the US on this day ?
Pancakes ✓
Biscuits and Gravy ✓
Pretzels ✓
Strawberry Ice Cream ✓
13. 2001 – Which well known website goes online for the first time ?
Wikipedia ✓
Facebook ✓
JetPunk ✓
YouTube ✓
14. 2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in which river after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off ?
Thames ✓
Mississippi ✓
Hudson ✓
Mekong ✓
15. 2014 – Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor, best known for the role of Trigger, in the UK comedy series Only Fools and Horses died in which area of London ?
WImbledon ✓
Kentish Town ✓
Harrow ✓
Lea Valley ✓
16. 2021 - An earthquake kills over a hundred people when it hits which Indonesian island?
Sumatra ✓
Java ✓
Borneo ✓
Sulawesi ✓
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