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On This Day (January 9th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 9th ?
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1. 1349 – The Jewish population of Basel is rounded up , believed by the residents to be the cause of what ?
Unemployment ✓
Rising Bread Prices ✓
Black Death ✓
Rat Infestation ✓
2. 1788 – Which is the fifth state to ratify the US Constitution ?
Connecticut ✓
Delaware ✓
Maryland ✓
Maine ✓
3. 1799 – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of how much to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars.?
Half a Crown ✓
Two Shillings ✓
Sixpence ✓
One Penny ✓
4. 1816 – Sir Humphry Davy tests which invention for miners at Hebburn Colliery ?
Gas Detector ✓
Steam Hammer ✓
Delayed Detonator ✓
Safety Lamp ✓
5. 1858 – Anson Jones, the last President of where, commits suicide.?
Scotland ✓
Mexico ✓
Republic of Texas ✓
Nova Scotia ✓
6. 1862 - The first petroleum shipment (1,329 barrels) from the U.S. to Europe arrives at which city ?
London ✓
Lisbon ✓
Barcelona ✓
Dublin ✓
7. 1927 – A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in which Canadian city, kills 78 children ?
Toronto ✓
Vancouver ✓
Montreal ✓
Ottawa ✓
8. 1941 – Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist, is born in which New York borough ?
Bronx ✓
Staten Island ✓
Brooklyn ✓
Queens ✓
9. 1957 – British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to do what ?
Retake the Suez Canal from Egypt ✓
End food rationing ✓
Reduce the national debt following WW2 ✓
End an affair with a married woman ✓
10. 1959 - "Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premieres on which United States TV network ?
ABC ✓
NBC ✓
PBS ✓
CBS ✓
11. 1969 - First trial flight of Concorde supersonic jetliner takes place in which European city ?
Toulouse, France ✓
Bristol, UK ✓
Madrid, Spain ✓
Porto, Portugal ✓
12. 1972 - Retired passenger liner Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire in which Asian harbour ?
Hong Kong ✓
Tokyo ✓
Taipei ✓
Macau ✓
13. 2005 - "Motley Crue" lead singer Vince Neil weds Lia Gerardini at which hotel in Las Vegas ?
Caesars Palace ✓
The Mirage ✓
Four Seasons ✓
Bellagio ✓
14. 2007 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in which US city ?
San Francisco ✓
Seattle ✓
Sacramento ✓
Dallas ✓
15. 2021 - Sriwijawa Airlines Flight 182 crashes to the north of which Asian city, killing all 62 people on board?
Manila ✓
Jakarta ✓
Dili ✓
Kuala Lumpur ✓
16. January 9th is National what Day in the United States ?
National Watermelon Day ✓
National PB and J Day ✓
National Cassoulet Day ✓
National Sausage Day ✓
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