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On This Day (June 2nd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on June 2nd?
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1. 455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for how long ?
Two Weeks ✓
One Week ✓
Five Days ✓
One Month ✓
2. 1615 – The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from where ?
Zaragoza, Spain ✓
Florence, Italy ✓
Brugges, Belgium ✓
Rouen, France ✓
3. 1692 – Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for what in Salem, Massachusetts ?
Murder ✓
Treason ✓
Witchcraft ✓
Rioting ✓
4. 1763 – At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of what ?
Lacrosse ✓
Football ✓
Archery ✓
Badminton ✓
5. 1774 – An Act is passed, requiring a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, or other buildings. What was it called ?
The Accomodation Act ✓
The Quartering Act ✓
The Room Act ✓
The Barracks Act ✓
6. 1835 – P. T. Barnum and his circus start their first tour of where ?
Europe ✓
Central America ✓
South America ✓
The United States ✓
7. 1896 – Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for which of his inventions ?
Wireless Telegraph ✓
Magnetic Detector ✓
Radio ✓
Monopole Antenna ✓
8. 1909 – Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of which country for the third time ?
New Zealand ✓
Ireland ✓
Australia ✓
Canada ✓
9. 1910 – Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to do what ?
Exceed 150 mph in a motor car ✓
Make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane. ✓
Travel from London to Peking by train ✓
Sail solo from England to South Africa ✓
10. 1946 – In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. What was the name of the last monarch ?
Umberto II ✓
Victor Emmanuel III ✓
Margherita of Savoy ✓
Frederick II ✓
11. 1953 – The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom. What was special about the ceremony ?
First in Westminster Abbey ✓
First coronation to be televised ✓
Organised within two weeks ✓
First to cost over £2,000,000 ✓
12. 1962 – During the 1962 FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and players from which country in one of the most violent games in football history ?
Argentina ✓
Soviet Union ✓
Italy ✓
Mexico ✓
13. 1964 – Which former terrorist / freedom group is formed ?
African National Congress (ANC) ✓
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) ✓
Khmer Rouge ✓
Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) ✓
14. 1979 – Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to which nation, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country ?
Poland ✓
Czechoslovakia ✓
Yugoslavia ✓
Soviet Union ✓
15. 1960 – Tony Hadley, English singer-songwriter and actor, is born. He was the lead singer with which "New Romantic" band ?
Duran Duran ✓
The Human League ✓
Ultravox ✓
Spandau Ballet ✓
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Jul 6, 2020
I got 2. 3. 5. 10. 11. and 14. right
toowise
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Jul 7, 2020
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