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On This Day (January 28th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 28th ?
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1. 1547 – At what age does Edward VI, the son of Henry VIII, become King of England on the day of his father's death ?
9 ✓
17 ✓
26 ✓
38 ✓
2. 1624 – Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on which island ?
Jamaica ✓
Saint Kitts ✓
Bahamas ✓
Antigua ✓
3. 1813 – Which of Jane Austen's novels is first published in the United Kingdom ?
Sense and Sensibility ✓
Love & Friendship ✓
Mansfield Park ✓
Pride and Prejudice ✓
4. 1896 – Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, UK becomes the first person to be convicted of what traffic related offence ?
Speeding ✓
Parking ✓
Overtaking ✓
Unsafe vehicle ✓
5. 1915 - The first US ship is lost during WW I, the William P Frye was carrying what cargo to the UK ?
Wheat ✓
Ammunition ✓
Rubber ✓
Cotton ✓
6. 1932 - Japanese forces attack which Chinese city ?.
Macau ✓
Qingdao ✓
Shanghai ✓
Wenzhou ✓
7. 1955 – Nicolas Sarkozy, French lawyer and politician, and 23rd President of France is born in which French city ?
Lyon ✓
Nice ✓
Paris ✓
Marseille ✓
8. 1956 - Science student, and later astronaut, Neil Armstrong marries fellow student Janet Elizabeth Shearon in which city ?
Three Oaks, Michigan ✓
Pickerington, Ohio ✓
Wilmette, Illinois ✓
Ripon, Wisconsin ✓
9. 1956 - Which singer made his first appearance on National TV on the "Dorsey Bros Stage Show" ?
Frank Sinatra ✓
Elvis Presley ✓
Chuck Berry ✓
Buddy Holly ✓
10. 1965 – The current design of which nation's flag is chosen by an act of Parliament ?
India ✓
Brazil ✓
Kenya ✓
Canada ✓
11. 1980 – USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn and capsizes while leaving which port, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers ?
Mobile, Alabama ✓
Tampa, Florida ✓
Galveston, Texas ✓
Charleston, South Carolina ✓
12. 1986 - Space Shuttle Challenger explodes how many seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral with the tragic loss of all on board ?
89 ✓
126 ✓
98 ✓
73 ✓
13. 2006 – The roof of one of the buildings at the International Fair in which Polish city collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others ?
Katowice ✓
Warsaw ✓
Gdansk ✓
Krakow ✓
14. 2013 - Iran’s Pishgam rocket successfully completes a return trip after sending what type of animal into space ?
Dog ✓
Monkey ✓
Cat ✓
Rabbit ✓
15. 2017 – Geoff Nicholls, British musician dies on this day of lung cancer at the age of 72. Which rock band was he a member of ?
Black Sabbath ✓
Led Zeppelin ✓
Iron Maiden ✓
Deep Purple ✓
16. 2021 - A leak at a poultry processing plant in Georgia kills six people, but what leaked?
Chlorine ✓
Water ✓
Nitrogen ✓
Sulphuric Acid ✓
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