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On This Day (July 14th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on July 14th?
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1. 1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of which nation upon the death of his father, Philip II ?
France ✓
Belgium ✓
Spain ✓
Luxembourg ✓
2. 1771 – Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua, by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra, in what is now known as which state ?
Texas ✓
Arizona ✓
California ✓
New Mexico ✓
3. 1791 – The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of which city ?
Lyon, France ✓
Birmingham, UK ✓
Brussels, Belgium ✓
Barcelona, Spain ✓
4. 1865 – First ascent of which mountain by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent ?
Eiger ✓
Mont Blanc ✓
Grossglockner ✓
Matterhorn ✓
5. 1874 – A fire burns down 47 acres of which city, destroying 812 buildings, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms ?
Chicago, USA ✓
Glasgow, UK ✓
Toronto, Canada ✓
Dublin, Ireland ✓
6. 1881 – Which outlaw is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner ?
Wild Bill Hickok ✓
Billy the KId ✓
Jesse James ✓
Kid Curry ✓
7. 1911 – Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, lands his airplane where ?
Central Park, New York ✓
The Mall, London ✓
Champs Elysee, Paris ✓
South Lawn of the White House ✓
8. 1916 – World War I: Start of the Battle of Delville Wood as an action within the Battle of the Somme, which was to last until when ?
3 September 1916 ✓
8 December 1916 ✓
12 January 1917 ✓
22 August 1916 ✓
9. 1938 – Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing an airplane flight around the world. How long does it take ?
107 hours ✓
86 hours ✓
91 hours ✓
118 hours ✓
10. 1943 – The George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American in which city ?
Crestline, Kansas ✓
Diamond, Missouri ✓
Quapaw, Oklahoma ✓
Gravette, Arkansas ✓
11. 1960 – Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in which present-day country to begin her famous study of chimpanzees in the wild ?
Tanzania ✓
Kenya ✓
Uganda ✓
Zambia ✓
12. 1965 – The Mariner 4 probe takes the first close-up photos of another planet. Which one ?
Venus ✓
Mercury ✓
Neptune ✓
Mars ✓
13. 1969 – Football War: After Honduras loses a soccer match, riots break out against migrant workers from which country ?
El Salvador ✓
Guatemala ✓
Costa Rica ✓
Nicaragua ✓
14. 1976 – Capital punishment is abolished in which country ?
United Kingdom ✓
Canada ✓
France ✓
Japan ✓
15. Today is known as Bastille Day in which European country ?
Netherlands ✓
Andorra ✓
France ✓
Liechtenstein ✓
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