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On This Day (June 21st) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on June 21st ?
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1. 1749 – Which Canadian city is founded ?
Halifax, Nova Scotia ✓
Saint John, New Brunswick ✓
London, Ontario ✓
Quebec City, Quebec ✓
2. 1798 – Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at which battle ?
Battle of Salt Road ✓
Battle of Vinegar Hill ✓
Battle of Pepper Lake ✓
Battle of Mayo Fields ✓
3. 1898 – The United States captures which island from Spain ?
Midway ✓
Puerto Rico ✓
Key West ✓
Guam ✓
4. 1900 – Boxer Rebellion. In an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi, China declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, and which other two nations ?
Italy and France ✓
France and Japan ✓
India and Pakistan ✓
Malaysia and Thailand ✓
5. 1919 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the general strike in which city ?
Calgary ✓
Montreal ✓
Winnipeg ✓
Vancouver ✓
6. 1919 – Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in which body of water ?
Scapa Flow, Orkney, UK ✓
Jade Bight, Wilhelmshaven, Germany ✓
Skaggerak, Norway / Denmark ✓
Gulf of Gdansk, Poland ✓
7. 1942 – World War II: Which North African port falls to Italian and German forces ?
Sfax, Tunisia ✓
Tobruk, Libya ✓
Marsa Matrah, Egypt ✓
Benghazi, Libya ✓
8. 1942 – World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near which river, firing 17 shells in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland ?
Chehalis River, Washington ✓
Mad River, California ✓
Snohomish River, Washington ✓
Columbia River, Oregon ✓
9. 1957 – Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female what ?
Police Chief ✓
City Mayor ✓
Cabinet Minister ✓
Member of Parliament ✓
10. 1963 – Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as which Pope ?
Pope John XXIII ✓
Pope Paul VI ✓
Pope John Paul I ✓
Pope Pius XII ✓
11. 1978 – The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opened at which London theatre ?
Prince Edward Theatre ✓
Playhouse Theatre ✓
Prince of Wales Theatre ✓
Dominion Theatre ✓
12. 2004 – The first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight takes off. What was it called ?
SpaceShipOne ✓
Opportunity ✓
Pathfinder 1 ✓
Gaganyaan ✓
13. 2006 – Which heavenly body's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra ?
Neptune ✓
Uranus ✓
Pluto ✓
Saturn ✓
14. 2009 – Which territory assumes self-rule ?
Cook Islands ✓
Greenland ✓
New Caledonia ✓
Svalbard ✓
15. 1950 – Joey Kramer, American drummer and songwriter is born. He is the drummer of which band ?
Bad Company ✓
Steve Miller Band ✓
Charlie Daniels Band ✓
Aerosmith ✓
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