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On This Day (July 30th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on July 30th?
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1. 762 – Which major city is founded ?
Khartoum ✓
Baghdad ✓
Budapest ✓
London ✓
2. 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of which country ?
Honduras ✓
Cuba ✓
Panama ✓
Costa Rica ✓
3. 1627 – An earthquake kills about 5,000 people in Gargano, Italy. In which region is Gargano ?
Emilia-Romagna ✓
Piedmont ✓
Umbria ✓
Apulia ✓
4. 1733 – The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in which state ?
Delaware ✓
Maryland ✓
Massachusetts ✓
Pennsylvania ✓
5. 1811 – Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in which Mexican city ?
Mazatlan ✓
Tampico ✓
Torreon ✓
Chihuahua City ✓
6. 1825 – Malden Island is discovered by captain George Byron, 7th Baron Byron. In which modern day Pacific nation is Malden Island ?
Kiribati ✓
Vanuatu ✓
Nauru ✓
Solomon Islands ✓
7. 1859 – First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in which mountain range ?
Pyrenees ✓
Alps ✓
Atlas ✓
Urals ✓
8. 1864 – American Civil War: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by what means ?
Poisonous gas ✓
24 hour bombardment ✓
Exploding a large bomb under their trenches ✓
Feigning surrender ✓
9. 1930 – The first FIFA World Cup is held in Montevideo, Uruguay. Which country wins ?
Brazil ✓
Spain ✓
France ✓
Uruguay ✓
10. 1932 – The premiere of the first of Walt Disney's cartoon short films to use Technicolor takes place. Which film ?
Barnyard Olympics ✓
The Busy Beavers ✓
Flowers and Trees ✓
Midnight in a Toy Shop ✓
11. 1962 – Which long distance highway is officially opened ?
Pan-American Highway, multiple countries ✓
Trans-Canada Highway, Canada ✓
Stuart Highway, Australia ✓
Trans-Siberian Highway, Russia ✓
12. 1966 – England defeats which country to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium after extra time ?
West Germany ✓
Italy ✓
Argentina ✓
Brazil ✓
13. 1975 – Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the "Machus Red Fox" restaurant in a suburb of which city ?
New York ✓
Chicago ✓
Washington ✓
Detroit ✓
14. 2006 – The world's longest running music show "Top of the Pops" is broadcast for the last time on BBC 2. The show had aired for how many years ?
51 ✓
42 ✓
28 ✓
39 ✓
15. 2012 – A power grid failure in which Indian city leaves more than 300 million people without power ?
Delhi ✓
Mumbai ✓
Kolkatta ✓
Chennai ✓
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