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On This Day (January 26th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 26th ?
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1. 1500 – Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot in what is now which modern day country ?
Brazil ✓
Argentina ✓
Chile ✓
Ecuador ✓
2. 1531 - Which European city is hit by an Earthquake; killing around 30,000 people ?
Paris ✓
Lisbon ✓
Rome ✓
Munich ✓
3. 1837 - Which state is admitted as the 26th state of the US ?
Michigan ✓
Missouri ✓
Illinois ✓
Wisconsin ✓
4. 1841 - Which region is proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain ?
Cyprus ✓
Myanmar (Burma) ✓
Hong Kong ✓
Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) ✓
5. 1905 – The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats , is found at the Premier Mine near which city in South Africa ?
Bloemfontein ✓
Cape Town ✓
Pretoria ✓
Durban ✓
6. 1918 – Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs what on top of the Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war ?
Red Flag ✓
Red Lantern ✓
Red Shield ✓
Red Sword ✓
7. 1920 – Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches which Motor Company ?
Lincoln ✓
Buick ✓
Packard ✓
Duesenberg ✓
8. 1925 – Paul Newman, American actor, activist, director, race car driver, and businessman is born in a suburb of which US city ?
Pittsburgh ✓
Detroit ✓
Cleveland ✓
Chicago ✓
9. 1942 – World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing where ?
Scotland ✓
Northern Ireland ✓
Wales ✓
England ✓
10. 1952 - At least 20 people are killed and 100s injured during riots against the British in which African city ?
Khartoum ✓
Cairo ✓
Durban ✓
Mombasa ✓
11. 1961 – John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first female what ?
Presidential Advisor ✓
Head of Security ✓
Physician to the President. ✓
Ambassador to France ✓
12. 1962 – Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by how many miles ?
200 ✓
2200 ✓
220,000 ✓
22,000 ✓
13. 1972 - Vesna Vulović is the only survivor after what tragedy ?
Fall from exploding airplane following terrorist attack over Czechoslovakia ✓
Ship capsizing in the Atlantic Ocean ✓
Avalanche in St. Moritz, Switzerland ✓
Train crash in Goa, India ✓
14. 1979 - "The Dukes of Hazzard" premieres on which the CBS TV network. What type of car was the "General Lee"?
Dodge Charger ✓
Ford Mustang ✓
Pontiac GTO ✓
Pontiac Firebird ✓
15. 1989 - AT&T reports its first loss in how many years ?
62 ✓
84 ✓
39 ✓
103 ✓
16. 2020 -Five time NBA champion, Kobe Bryant is killed in a helicopter crash near to which US city?
Seattle ✓
Los Angeles ✓
Chicago ✓
Miami ✓
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