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On This Day (June 13th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on June 13th?
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1. 1514 – Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, built at which dockyard in England ?
Woolwich ✓
Chatham ✓
Liverpool ✓
Hull ✓
2. 1625 – Which King of England marries Catholic princess Henrietta Maria of France and Navarre, at Canterbury ?
James II ✓
Charles I ✓
Edward III ✓
William II ✓
3. 1774 – Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of what ?
Opium ✓
Animals ✓
Alcoholic Drinks ✓
Slaves ✓
4. 1805 – Lewis and Clark Expedition: scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of which river ?
Mississippi ✓
Missouri ✓
Colorado ✓
St. Lawrence ✓
5. 1886 – A fire devastates much of which Canadian city ?
St. Johns ✓
Halifax ✓
Vancouver ✓
Calgary ✓
6. 1898 – Yukon Territory is formed, with which city chosen as its capital ?
Whitehorse ✓
Stewart Crossing ✓
Faro ✓
Dawson ✓
7. 1927 – Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down which road in New York City ?
Broadway ✓
Fifth Avenue ✓
Lexington Avenue ✓
Third Avenue ✓
8. 1944 – World War II: Germany launches the first of what type of attack on England ?
V1 Flying Bomb ✓
Gas Bombs ✓
Incendiary Bombs ✓
Daytime Bombing Raids ✓
9. 1952 – Catalina affair: A Douglas DC-3 belonging to which country is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter ?
Turkey ✓
Italy ✓
Sweden ✓
India ✓
10. 1981 – At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires how many blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II ?
Six ✓
Ten ✓
Five ✓
Two ✓
11. 1983 – Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of which planet ?
Pluto ✓
Uranus ✓
Jupiter ✓
Neptune ✓
12. 1994 – A jury in which city blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster ?
Vancouver ✓
Anchorage ✓
Seattle ✓
Los Angeles ✓
13. 2000 – President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in which city ?
Taipei ✓
Seoul ✓
Pyongyang ✓
Ulaan Baatar ✓
14. 1951 – Richard Thomas, American actor, director, and producer is born. He is best known for portraying which character ?
Jon Boy Walton (The Waltons) ✓
Uncle Fester (The Addams family) ✓
Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright (Bonanza) ✓
Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (The Dukes of Hazzard) ✓
15. 1976 – Kym Marsh, English singer-songwriter and actress is also born on this day. She rose to fame via which UK reality TV series ?
Big Brother ✓
Britains Got Talent ✓
The X Factor ✓
Popstars ✓
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