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On This Day (January 5th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 5th ?
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1.
1781 - British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns which US city ?
Richmond, Virginia
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Charlotte, North Carolina
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Trenton, New Jersey
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Annapolis, Maryland
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1840 - According to public records there are 95,820 of what in England on this date?
Houses of ill repute (Brothels)
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Churches
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Public Statues
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Public Houses (Pubs)
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1900 - Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against what ?
British Rule
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Exports of potatoes
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Influx of economic refugees
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Sunday alcohol laws
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1914 – Which company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses ?
Ford Motor Company
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Peninsula and Oriental Shipping Company
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Hudson Bay Company
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New York Stock Exchange
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1919 - Anton Drexler founded the German Workers' Party, the forerunner of the Nazi Party, in which German city ?
Stuttgart
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Munich
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Hamburg
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Leipzig
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1925 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of which state becomes the first female governor in the United States ?
Montana
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Delaware
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Louisiana
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Wyoming
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1933 – Construction of which iconic bridge begins ?
Golden Gate Bridge
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Forth Rail Bridge
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George Washington Bridge
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Sydney Harbour Bridge
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1944 – What is the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic ?
The Daily Telegraph
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The Daily Mirror
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The Daily Mail
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The Times
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1945 - Which character debuts in the Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty" ?
Yosemite Sam
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Speedy Gonzales
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Pepe LePew
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Tweety Pie
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1952 - Which British Prime Minister starts an official visit to the US ?
Harold Macmillan
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Winston Churchill
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Clement Attlee
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Anthony Eden
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11.
1969 – Marilyn Manson,(real name Brian Hugh Warner) American singer-songwriter, actor, and director is born in which US city ?
Wichita, Kansas
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Canton, Ohio
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Portland, Oregon
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Syracuse, New York
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1970 - 23,000 mine workers go on strike in which European country ?
Germany
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United Kingdom
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Belgium
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Netherlands
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1972 - President Richard Nixon ordered the development of what ?
Space Shuttle
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Hydro-Electric Power
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Long Range Submarines
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MRI Scanners
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1993 - The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of which British island group, spilling twice as much crude oil as the Exxon Valdez in 1989?
Falkland Islands
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Orkney Islands
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Shetland Islands
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Outer Hebrides
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2007 - Momofuku Ando, dies in Osaka, what did he invent?
Karaoke Machine
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Automatic Windshield Wipers
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Pokemon Franchise
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Instant Noodles
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2014 - A communication satellite is launched using a cryogenic engine built by which country for the first time?
India
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South Africa
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Australia
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Canada
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