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On This Day (July 2nd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on July 2nd?
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1. 866 – Battle of Brissarthe: The Franks led by Robert the Strong are defeated by a joint army from the Breton and which other people ?
Viking ✓
Norman ✓
Saxons ✓
Basque ✓
2. 1504 – Bogdan III becomes Voivode of Moldavia. What was Bogdan known as ?
The Blind ✓
The One Eyed ✓
The Lazy ✓
The Ruthless ✓
3. 1644 – Which battle of the English Civil War takes place ?
Battle of Naseby ✓
Battle of Nantwich ✓
Battle of Lostwithiel ✓
Battle of Marston Moor ✓
4. 1698 – Thomas Savery patents the first what ?
Paper Press ✓
Weaving Machine ✓
Steam Engine ✓
Heating Device ✓
5. 1822 – Thirty-five slaves are hanged in South Carolina, including Denmark Vesey, after being accused of what ?
Stealing crops ✓
Assaulting a neighbour ✓
Going on strike ✓
Organizing a slave rebellion ✓
6. 1839 – 53 kidnapped Africans, led by Joseph Cinqué, mutiny and take over the slave ship Amistad twenty miles off the coast of which island ?
Madeira ✓
Cuba ✓
Hispaniola ✓
Mauritius ✓
7. 1853 – The Russian Army crossed the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that set off which conflict ?
Crimean War ✓
Wallachian Revolution ✓
Macedonian rebellion ✓
Austro-Prussian War ✓
8. 1900 – The first Zeppelin flight takes place on which lake ?
Lake Geneva ✓
Lake Como ✓
Lake Constance ✓
Chiemsee ✓
9. 1940 – Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in which city ?
Bombay ✓
Calcutta ✓
Madras ✓
Delhi ✓
10. 1940 – The SS Arandora Star is sunk by submarine U-47 with the loss of over 800 lives in which body of water ?
North Atlantic ✓
Baltic Sea ✓
English Channel ✓
Bay of Biscay ✓
11. 1962 – The first Walmart store opens for business in which city ?
Joplin, Missouri ✓
Emporia, Kansas ✓
Jackson, Tennessee ✓
Rogers, Arkansas ✓
12. 2001 – The AbioCor self-contained artificial what is first implanted ?
Liver ✓
Kidney ✓
Heart ✓
Stomach ✓
13. 2010 – The South Kivu tank truck explosion kills at least 230 people in which country ?
Bangladesh ✓
Democratic Republic of the Congo ✓
Uruguay ✓
Papua New Guinea ✓
14. 1941 – William Guest, American singer-songwriter and producer is born. He is best known for being a member of which group ?
Gladys Knight and the Pips ✓
The Four Tops ✓
The Four Seasons ✓
Village People ✓
15. Today, along with June 24th, is recognised as what ?
World Hunger Day ✓
World Oceans Day ✓
World Forest Day ✓
World UFO Day ✓
NV1
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Level 51
Jul 2, 2020
Got only Kolkata and "Organizing a slave rebellion. Overall, great quiz!
toowise
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Level 78
Jul 2, 2020
Thanks, I dont expect anyone will get 15/15
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