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On This Day (July 1st) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on July 1st?
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Last updated: July 2, 2020
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1. 1523 – Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in which city ?
Brussels ✓
Madrid ✓
Rome ✓
Budapest ✓
2. 1782 – American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg. Where is Lunenburg ?
Maine ✓
Georgia ✓
Nova Scotia ✓
Bahamas ✓
3. 1863 – American Civil War: Which battle begins on this day ?
Battle of Cold Harbor ✓
Battle of Gettysburg ✓
Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ✓
Battle of the Wilderness ✓
4. 1867 – Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of which nation ?
New Zealand ✓
South Africa ✓
Barbados ✓
Canada ✓
5. 1879 – Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of which religious magazine ?
Christian Messenger ✓
The Watchtower ✓
The Presbyterian Guardian ✓
The Ladies' Repository ✓
6. 1881 – The world's first international telephone call is made between which two countries ?
Canada and USA ✓
USA and Mexico ✓
France and Belgium ✓
Switzerland and Germany ✓
7. 1903 – Which famous race starts for the first time ?
London Marathon ✓
Kentucky Derby ✓
Running of the Bulls ✓
Tour de France ✓
8. 1916 – World War I: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme approximately how many soldiers of the British Army are killed ?
25,000 ✓
19,000 ✓
11,000 ✓
6,000 ✓
9. 1931 – Boeing Air Transport begins service. It would later be renamed what ?
Delta Air Lines ✓
American Airlines ✓
United Airlines ✓
Southwest Airlines ✓
10. 1960 – Which country becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state ?
Nigeria ✓
Uganda ✓
Gambia ✓
Ghana ✓
11. 1968 – The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed by 62 countries in Washington, D.C., London and which other city ?
Moscow ✓
Beijing ✓
Delhi ✓
Paris ✓
12. 1987 – The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first radio station broadcasting solely what content ?
News ✓
Talk ✓
Sports ✓
Classical Music ✓
13. 1991 – The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in which city ?
Moscow ✓
Prague ✓
Budapest ✓
Vienna ✓
14. 2007 – Smoking is banned in all public indoor spaces in which part of the British Isles ?
Scotland ✓
Wales ✓
Ireland ✓
England ✓
15. 2013 – Which country becomes the 28th member of the European Union ?
Croatia ✓
Hungary ✓
Romania ✓
Montenegro ✓
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Fuse
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Level 78
Jul 1, 2020
In the question with "The Watchtower", the answer is literally given in the question.
toowise
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Level 78
Jul 2, 2020
Oops...Thanks for pointing it out...little bit of a senior moment
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