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On This Day (January 19th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 19th ?
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1.
1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is executed in the Tower of London for the crime of what ?
Running Prostitution
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Treason
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Theft
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Counterfeiting
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1607 – San Agustin Church is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in which Asian city ?
Manila, Philippines
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Bangkok, Thailand
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Osaka, Japan
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Kathmandu, Nepal
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3.
1848 – Captain Matthew Webb, is born on this day, what is his claim to fame ?
First person to swim the English Channel
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Freed slaves in his charge as a ships Captain
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Rescued a Prince from assault
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Captured the first Polar Bear to be exhibited in a zoo
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1883 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, in which State of the US ?
New Jersey
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New York
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New Hampshire
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New Mexico
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1903 - Which sporting event was announced for the first time, several months in advance of the event ?
Commonwealth Games
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Tour de France cycle race
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Americas Cup sailing race
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Wimbledon tennis tournament
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1915 – German zeppelins bomb which towns of the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target ?
Dover and Folkestone
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Hull and Grimsby
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Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn
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Brighton and Hastings
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1922 - Geological survey says US oil supply would be depleted in how many years ?
20
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50
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100
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200
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8.
1937 – Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to where in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds ?
Washington D.C.
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New York City
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Miami
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Atlanta
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1940 – "You Nazty Spy!", the first Hollywood film of any kind to satirize Adolf Hitler and the Nazis premieres, starring which comedy act ?
Laurel and Hardy
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Abbott and Costello
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The Three Stooges
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The Marx Brothers
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1953 – Almost 72% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch what event ?
Lucy's Wedding
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Lucy's Birthday
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Lucy giving birth
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Lucy on holiday
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1955 - Which board game debuts on this day ?
Monopoly
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Clue / Cluedo
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Game of Life
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Scrabble
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12.
1983 – Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in which South American country ?
Colombia
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Argentina
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Uruguay
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Bolivia
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13.
1995 Jean-Claude Juncker is sworn in as premier of which European nation ?
Luxembourg
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France
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Belgium
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Netherlands
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14.
2006 - A terrorist blows himself up in which Middle Eastern city, killing only himself but injuring 20 people ?
Kuwait City, Kuwait
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Aleppo, Syria
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Beirut, Lebanon
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Tel Aviv, Israel
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15.
2006 – Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter dies in Reston, Virginia as the result of what ?
Pneumonia
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Heart Attack
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Cancer
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Accident
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2012 - The Hong Kong based file sharing website, Megaupload, is shut down by which agency?
FBI
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CIA
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Mossad
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MI6
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