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On This Day (July 29th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on July 29th?
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1. 1030 – Battle of Stiklestad: King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from which nation ?
The Danes ✓
The Swedes ✓
The Prussians ✓
The French ✓
2. 1567 – James VI is crowned King of Scotland in which city ?
Edinburgh ✓
Aberdeen ✓
Stirling ✓
Perth ✓
3. 1836 – The inauguration of which European landmark takes place ?
Arc de Triomphe, Paris ✓
Brandenburg Gate, Berlin ✓
Alhambra Palace, Granada ✓
Marble Arch, London ✓
4. 1858 – The United States and which other country sign the Harris Treaty of Amity and Commerce ?
United Kingdom ✓
Japan ✓
Mexico ✓
France ✓
5. 1907 – Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in which harbour on the south coast of England ?
Portsmouth ✓
Plymouth ✓
Exeter ✓
Poole ✓
6. 1914 – Which navigational canal is opened in the USA ?
Cape Cod Canal ✓
Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel ✓
Oswego Canal ✓
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal ✓
7. 1948 – After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in which city ?
Mexico City ✓
Rome ✓
London ✓
Los Angeles ✓
8. 1957 – Which international organisation is established ?
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) ✓
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ✓
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) ✓
Greenpeace ✓
9. 1967 – During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, which city of is shaken by an earthquake ?
Caracas ✓
Mexico City ✓
Dhaka ✓
Auckland ✓
10. 1973 – Greece votes to abolish what ?
The monarchy ✓
Poll tax ✓
Laws against homosexuality ✓
Compulsory conscription ✓
11. 1976 – David Berkowitz a.k.a. the "Son of Sam" kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks in which city ?
San Francisco ✓
Chicago ✓
New York ✓
New Orleans ✓
12. 1981 – Which event attracts a worldwide television audience of over 700 million people ?
Live Aid ✓
Wedding of Charles and Diana ✓
World Cup Final ✓
Presidential Inaugeration ✓
13. 1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign an agreement to do what ?
Allow free movement between the countries ✓
Exchange information on criminals ✓
Abolish import taxes ✓
Build a channel tunnel ✓
14. 2005 – Astronomers announce their discovery of which dwarf planet ?
Eris ✓
Makemake ✓
Gonggong ✓
Chiron ✓
15. 1953 – Geddy Lee, Canadian musician is born. He is best known as a member of which Canadian rock band ?
Nickelback ✓
Rush ✓
Bachman–Turner Overdrive ✓
Crash Test Dummies ✓
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