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On This Day (January 21st) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 21st ?
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1. 1287 - Which Meditteranean island is conquered by King Alfons III of Aragon ?
Ibiza ✓
Sardinia ✓
Minorca ✓
Cyprus ✓
2. 1899 - Which European company manufactures its first automobile ?
Citroen ✓
Fiat ✓
Volvo ✓
Opel ✓
3. 1925 –Which Eastern European country declares itself a republic ?
Albania ✓
Montenegro ✓
Romania ✓
Hungary ✓
4. 1938 - The Dutch government starts obligatory insurance against what ?
Illness ✓
Unemployment ✓
Motor Accidents ✓
Natural Disasters ✓
5. 1941 – Plácido Domingo, Spanish conductor, and one of the "Three Tenors" is born in which Spanish city ?
Barcelona ✓
Zaragoza ✓
Madrid ✓
Alicante ✓
6. 1954 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, is launched in Groton, Connecticut, what is its name ?
USS Albuquerque ✓
USS Norfolk ✓
USS Nautilus ✓
USS Benjamin Franklin ✓
7. 1959 – Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter, dies in Hollywood. What is his middle name ?
Blount ✓
Bernard ✓
Brian ✓
Belvedere ✓
8. 1960 – A coal mine collapses at Coalbrook, killing 435 miners in which country ?
South Africa ✓
United Kingdom ✓
United States ✓
Nigeria ✓
9. 1966 - Which "Beatle" marries model Pattie Boyd in Epsom, UK ?
George Harrison ✓
John Lennon ✓
Ringo Starr ✓
Paul McCartney ✓
10. 1968 – A B-52 bomber crashes near which airbase, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures ?
Elmendorf, Alaska, USA ✓
Kadena, Okinawa, Japan ✓
Lajes, Azores, Portugal ✓
Thule, Greenland ✓
11. 1976 – Commercial service of Concorde begins with the Paris-Rio de Janiero and what other route ?
London to New York ✓
London to Bahrain ✓
London to Singapore ✓
London to Barbados ✓
12. 1981 – Production of which sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, UK ?
TVR Tuscan ✓
AC Cobra ✓
De Lorean ✓
Aston Martin Vantage ✓
13. 1999 – In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the US Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms of what on board ?
Cocaine ✓
Heroin ✓
Marijuana ✓
Amphetamines ✓
14. January 21st is "Errol Barrow Day" in which Caribbean nation ?
Bahamas ✓
Barbados ✓
Dominican Republic ✓
St. Kitts and Nevis ✓
15. 2003 – A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes which Mexican state, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless ?
Baja California Sur ✓
Colima ✓
Chiapas ✓
Yucatan ✓
16. 2023 - Huu Can Tran, 72, opens fire in a dance studio, killing eleven people before committing suicide, in which US city ?
Monterrey Park, California ✓
Gainesville, Florida ✓
Rapid City, South Dakota ✓
Juneau, Alaska ✓
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