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On This Day (June 25th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on June 25th?
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1. 1658 – Spanish forces fail to retake which island at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War ?
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Hispaniola
Grenada
2. 1678 – When she graduates from the University of Padua, Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of which branch of study ?
Medicine
The Arts
Philosophy
Divinity
3. 1741 – Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of which nation ?
Netherlands
Hungary
Bulgaria
Lithuania
4. 1786 – Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in which body of water ?
South China Sea
East Siberian Sea
Bering Sea
Kara Sea
5. 1788 – Which state becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution ?
West Virginia
Virginia
South Carolina
Indiana
6. 1910 – The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of what ?
Women or girls for “immoral purposes”
Strong Liqour
Currency for illicit purposes
Tobacco products
7. 1923 – Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever what in a DH.4B biplane ?
Loop the loop
Wing walk
Aerial refueling
Sea landing
8. 1938 – Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of which country ?
New Zealand
Ireland
Zambia
Namibia
9. 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala begins. It is the largest battle ever fought in which region ?
Nordic Countries
Pacific Ocean
North Africa
South East Asia
10. 1960 – Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency defected to the Soviet Union while on vacation in which country ?
Cuba
Mexico
Costa Rica
Argentina
11. 1975 – Mozambique achieves independence from which nation ?
United Kingdom
France
South Africa
Portugal
12. 1978 – The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the which city's Gay Freedom Day Parade ?
San Francisco
London
Paris
New Orleans
13. 1993 – Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of which country ?
New Zealand
Australia
Canada
Ireland
14. 2017 – The World Health Organization estimates that which country has over 200,000 cases of cholera ?
Libya
Yemen
Syria
Afghanistan
15. 1940 – Clint Warwick, English bass player, is born. With which band was he the original bass player ?
Moody Blues
Shadows
Electric Light Orchestra
Slade
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Level 55
Jan 10, 2021
I really gotta learn more about my birthday. Only 5/15
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Level 78
Jan 10, 2021
To be fair, most of it was probably before you were born.

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