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On This Day (January 24th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 24th ?
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1.
41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor who was known by what name ?
Caligula
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Nero
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Tiberius
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Galba
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1644 - Parliamentary army wins the battle of which Cheshire town during the English Civil War ?
Chester
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Nantwich
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Macclesfield
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Knutsford
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3.
1848 – James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near which Californian town, starting the California Gold Rush ?
Amador City
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Auburn
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Sonora
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Coloma
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1857 – The University of where is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia ?
Seoul
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Calcutta
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Jakarta
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Bangkok
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5.
1899 - What is patented by American Humphrey O'Sullivan ?
Rubber heel for boots or shoes
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Fire Hydrant
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Hydraulic braking system for vehicles
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Food Preservation Technique
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6.
1900 - The worlds first Badminton Club, forms in which English city ?
Leeds
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Newcastle
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Manchester
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London
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7.
1941 – Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist is born in which New York borough ?
Brooklyn
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Staten Island
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Queens
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Manhattan
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1966 - 117 passengers are killed after a Boeing-707 plane of which airline crashes into Mont Blanc, France ?
Air France
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South African Airways
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Qantas
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Air India
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1972 – Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a jungle on which Pacific island, where he had been since the end of World War II ?
Palau
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Samoa
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Guam
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Moorea
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1978 – Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over which area ?
Northwest Territories, Canada
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Siberia, Russia
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Amazon Basin, Brazil
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Antarctica
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11.
1981 - English Singer Davy Jones marries his second wife Anita Pollinger, what famous band was he a member of ?
Dave Clark Five
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Gerry and the Pacemakers
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The Monkees
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The Byrds
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1986 – L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader, author, and founder of the Church of Scientology dies. He spent the last two years of his life living in what ?
Airstream trailer
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Blue Bird motorhome
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Log Cabin
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Ranch home
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1989 – Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, with over 30 known victims, is executed by the electric chair at the State Prison in which state of the US ?
Texas
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Alabama
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Georgia
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Florida
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14.
2011 – At least 35 die and 180 are injured in a bombing at which airport ?
Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta
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Moscow Domodedovo
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Bogota El Dorado
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Karachi Jinnah
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15.
2018 - Former US Olympic team doctor Larry Nassar found guilty of molesting over 150 girls, and is sentenced to how many years in prison ?
175
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215
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89
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102
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16.
2012 - Princess Athena is born into which Royal Family ?
British
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Norwegian
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Dutch
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Danish
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