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On This Day (January 22nd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 22nd ?
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1. 1506 – The first contingent of how many Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican ?
50 ✓
100 ✓
150 ✓
200 ✓
2. 1890 – The United Mine Workers of America is founded in which city ?
Columbus, Ohio ✓
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ✓
St. Louis, Missouri ✓
Indianapolis, Indiana ✓
3. 1901 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom dies on which British island ?
Isle of Man ✓
Isle of Wight ✓
Isle of Skye ✓
Isle of Anglesey ✓
4. 1906 – SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on which Canadian Island, killing more than 130 people ?
Baffin Island ✓
Prince Edward Island ✓
Anticosti island ✓
Vancouver Island ✓
5. 1915 – Over 600 people are killed in which Mexican city, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon ?
Durango ✓
Monterrey ✓
Merida ✓
Guadalajara ✓
6. 1920 – Sir Alf Ramsey, English footballer and coach of the World Cup winning team in 1966 is born in which English town ?
Dartford, Kent ✓
Leatherhead, Surrey ✓
Dagenham, Essex ✓
Watford, Hertfordshire ✓
7. 1924 – Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from which political party ?
Conservative ✓
Labour ✓
Liberal ✓
Whig ✓
8. 1927 – Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world, between Arsenal F.C. and which other soccer team ?
Manchester City ✓
Aston Villa ✓
Bolton Wanderers ✓
Sheffield United ✓
9. 1941 – British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from forces of which country during Operation Compass ?
Germany ✓
Japan ✓
Italy ✓
Turkey ✓
10. 1947 – KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in which city ?
Los Angeles ✓
San Francisco ✓
Las Vegas ✓
Seattle ✓
11. 1957 - Israeli forces withdraw from where ?
Sinai Peninsula ✓
Gaza Strip ✓
West Bank ✓
Lebanon ✓
12. 1959 - USAF concludes that less than what percentage of UFOs are actually unknown objects ?
<10% ✓
<25% ✓
<1% ✓
<5% ✓
13. 1970 – The Boeing 747, enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F. Kennedy Airport to which airport ?
Paris Charles de Gaulle ✓
London Heathrow ✓
Amsterdam Schiphol ✓
Madrid Barajas ✓
14. 1999 - An Australian missionary and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car, in which country?
Pakistan ✓
Bangladesh ✓
India ✓
Sri Lanka ✓
15. 2005 - Donald Trump weds former model Melania Knauss at the Bethesda by the Sea Episcopal Church in which city ?
Long Beach, California ✓
Palm Beach, Florida ✓
Corpus Christi, Texas ✓
Portland, Maine ✓
16. 2014 - Water vapour is detected on which dwarf planet ?
Ceres ✓
Pluto ✓
Makemake ✓
Eris ✓
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