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On This Day (January 29th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 29th ?
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1. 1594 - Mathematician John Napier predicts the end of the world in 1688 or what other year ?
1750
1850
1800
1700
2. 1834 – US President Andrew Jackson orders the first use of federal soldiers to suppress what ?
Labour Dispute
Religious Meeting
Border Incursion
Prison Riot
3. 1856 - Which UK and Commonwealth medal is established to acknowledge valour ?
Victoria Cross
George Cross
Distinguished Service Cross
Military Cross
4. 1861 – Which state is admitted as the 34th U.S. state?
Arkansas
Kansas
Iowa
Kentucky
5. 1891 – Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of which former nation ?
Kingdom of Imerina
Kingdom of Hawaii
Kingdom of Sarawak
Kingdom of Sicily
6. 1907 – Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American to hold which office ?
US Ambassador
US Governor
US Senator
Chief of Staff
7. 1916 – World War I: Which city is first bombed by German zeppelins ?
Paris
Brussels
London
Lyon
8. 1920 - Walt Disney starts work as an artist with KC Slide Co for how much per week ?
$100
$40
$20
$75
9. 1940 – Three trains on the Nishinari Line collide and explode while approaching a station killing 181 people in which Japanese city ?
Osaka
Tokyo
Nagoya
Sapporo
10. 1942 - The first broadcast of which long (and still) running programme airs on BBC radio ?
Desert Island Discs
The Archers
Womans Hour
Gardeners' Question Time
11. 1954 – Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host is born in which city in Mississippi ?
Kosciusko
Scooba
Quitman
Pontotoc
12. 1978 - Sweden becomes the first nation to enact a ban on what ?
Tobacco Advertising
Alcoholic drinks higher than 40% alcohol
Aerosol Sprays
Asbestos use in construction
13. 1980 – Which popular toy makes its international debut at the Ideal Toy Corp. in Earl's Court, London ?
Cabbage Patch Kids
Viewmaster
Simon
Rubik's Cube
14. 1985 - Which university refuses to award Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher an honorary degree ?
Cambridge
Oxford
Yale
Harvard
15. 2002 - In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush refers to an "Axis of Evil" originally comprising of Iran, Iraq and which other country?
North Korea
Afghanistan
Syria
Venezuela
16. 2018 - Toronto police arrest landscaper Bruce McArthur for murder after remains of at least 5 people are found where ?
In his basement
In his attic
In his car
In potted plants
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