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On This Day (July 27th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on July 27th?
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1. 1549 – The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches which nation ?
India
Japan
China
Seychelles
2. 1663 – The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent by what means ?
Only in English Ships from English ports
By any vessel available
Only in British or Irish ships
Only under the security of Naval escorts
3. 1775 – Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Dept: The 2nd Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of how many men." ?
100,000
50,000
20,000
10,000
4. 1857 – Siege of Arrah begins: Sixty-eight men hold out for eight days against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutineers and 8,000 irregular forces. But in which country ?
Pakistan
Burma
Nepal
India
5. 1866 – The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content in which state or province ?
Newfoundland
Maine
Nova Scotia
Massachusetts
6. 1917 – World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal during which battle ?
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Battle of Cambrai
Battle of Verdun
Battle of Passchendaele
7. 1929 – The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by how many nations ?
102
53
89
37
8. 1940 – The animated short film "A Wild Hare" is released by Warner Brothers , introducing which character ?
Elmer Fudd
Porky Pig
Bugs Bunny
Foghorn Leghorn
9. 1955 – El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into the air space of which country ?
Bulgaria
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Romania
10. 1975 – Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead. He was mayor and MP in which country ?
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
India
Pakistan
11. 1981 – While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 crashes killing 32 people. How did the plane crash ?
Undercarriage collapsed
Landed short of the runway
Overshot the runway
Fuel explosion
12. 1990 – Which country declares independence from the Soviet Union ?
Belarus
Lithuania
Georgia
Uzbekistan
13. 1990 – The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempts a coup d'état in which island country ?
Cyprus
Fiji
Grenada
Trinidad and Tobago
14. 1949 – Rory MacDonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player is born. He is the bassist with with Scottish band ?
Big Country
Runrig
Proclaimers
Idlewild
15. Today is celebrated in the USA as National Scotch Day and what other food of drink ?
National Tequila Day
National Peaches ‘N’ Cream Day
National Creme Brulee Day
National Pigs in a Blanket Day
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