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On This Day (July 22nd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on July 22nd?
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Last updated: July 24, 2021
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1. 1298 – Wars of Scottish Independence: King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his troops outside which Scottish town ?
Falkirk ✓
Ayr ✓
Hawick ✓
Dumfries ✓
2. 1342 – St. Mary Magdalene's flood is the worst such event on record for which region ?
Scandinavia ✓
Iberian Peninsula ✓
Central Europe ✓
Middle East ✓
3. 1598 – Which of William Shakespeare’s plays is entered on the Stationers’ Register ?
Macbeth ✓
The Merchant of Venice ✓
As You Like It ✓
The Tempest ✓
4. 1893 – Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of which mountain ?
Pikes Peak ✓
Mount Lincoln ✓
Humphreys Peak ✓
Mount Elbert ✓
5. 1894 – The first ever motor race is held in France between which two cities ?
Marseille and Nice ✓
Paris and Reims ✓
Metz and Nancy ✓
Paris and Rouen ✓
6. 1933 – Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in what time ?
10 days, 4 hours and 12 minutes ✓
7 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes ✓
6 days, 14 hours and 54 minutes ✓
9 days, 22 hours and 8 minutes ✓
7. 1942 – The United States government begins compulsory civilian rationing of what product due to the wartime demands ?
Gasoline ✓
Meat Products ✓
Electricity ✓
Vehicles ✓
8. 1943 – World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in which city, killing 22 ?
Belgrade ✓
Amsterdam ✓
Oslo ✓
Athens ✓
9. 1943 – World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily in an operation known by what name ?
Operation Bulldog ✓
Operation Clipper ✓
Operation Husky ✓
Operation Flatiron ✓
10. 1963 – Crown Colony of Sarawak gains self-governance. On which island was Sarawak ?
New Guinea ✓
Madagascar ✓
Borneo ✓
Java ✓
11. 1976 – Japan completes its last reparation for war crimes to which nation ?
China ✓
Philippines ✓
Papua New Guinea ✓
Indonesia ✓
12. 1990 – Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins the Tour de France. How many times did he win the event ?
2 ✓
5 ✓
4 ✓
3 ✓
13. 1992 – Fearing extradition to the United States, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison near which city ?
Medellin ✓
Cartagena ✓
Barranquilla ✓
Cali ✓
14. 1997 – The second Blue Water Bridge opens connecting which two countries ?
Denmark and Sweden ✓
USA and Canada ✓
Romania and Bulgaria ✓
Uganda and Tanzania ✓
15. 2005 – Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers. What nationality was Menezes ?
Argentinian ✓
Mexican ✓
Brazilian ✓
Spanish ✓
WelshWizard
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Level 83
Jul 22, 2021
The answer is in the question on #4.
toowise
+1
Level 78
Jul 24, 2021
Thanks, I'll change it. Just over a year this has gone unnoticed. and thanks for taking the quiz :)
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