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On This Day (July 9th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on July 9th?
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1. 1540 – King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to which of his wives ?
Anne of Cleves ✓
Anne Boleyn ✓
Jane Seymour ✓
Catherine Parr ✓
2. 1755 – The Braddock Expedition is defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now which city ?
Boston ✓
Baltimore ✓
Pittsburgh ✓
Providence ✓
3. 1790 – The navy of which nation captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet ?
Denmark ✓
Sweden ✓
France ✓
Norway ✓
4. 1815 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of which country ?
France ✓
Belgium ✓
Luxembourg ✓
Switzerland ✓
5. 1850 – U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies after eating raw fruit and what other food ?
Fried Chicken ✓
Salted Fish ✓
Dried Beef ✓
Iced Milk ✓
6. 1877 – Which sporting event begins for the first time ?
Americas Cup ✓
Wimbledon Tennis Tournament ✓
London Marathon ✓
Tour de France ✓
7. 1893 – Daniel Hale Williams, American surgeon, performs the first successful surgery of which type in United States without anesthesia ?
Liver Transplant ✓
Open Heart ✓
Cataract ✓
Vasectomy ✓
8. 1922 – Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world record and the 'minute barrier'. What fictional character did he also portray ?
Superman ✓
Aquaman ✓
Sherlock Holmes ✓
Tarzan ✓
9. 1937 – The silent film archives of which film corporation are destroyed by a fire in their vault ?
Paramount ✓
Fox ✓
Warner Brothers ✓
RKO ✓
10. 1955 – The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of what ?
Nuclear Warfare ✓
Radiation Leaks ✓
Contaminated Seawater ✓
Nuclear Weapon Proliferation ✓
11. 1979 – A car bomb destroys a motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France. What make of car was it ?
BMW ✓
Ford ✓
Renault ✓
Citroen ✓
12. 1986 – The New Zealand Parliament passes a Reform Act legalising what in New Zealand ?
Cannabis ✓
Drinking Alcohol at 18 ✓
Euthanasia under certain circumstances ✓
Homosexuality ✓
13. 2002 – The African Union is established replacing the Organisation of African Unity. In which city was it established ?
Addis Ababa ✓
Cape Town ✓
Lagos ✓
Nairobi ✓
14. 1999 – Days of student protests begin after police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of where ?
Damascus ✓
Manila ✓
Tehran ✓
Hong Kong ✓
15. 1947 – Mitch Mitchell, English drummer is born. With which band is he best known ?
Creedance Clearwater Revival ✓
Jimi Hendrix Experience ✓
Motorhead ✓
King Crimson ✓
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Level 51
Jul 9, 2020
Only got the Zachary Taylor question correct
toowise
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Level 78
Jul 10, 2020
I learnt that factoid when I made the quiz !
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