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On This Day (June 9th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on June 9th ?
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1. AD 53 – Which Roman emperor marries Claudia Octavia ?
Nero
Claudius
Tiberius
Galba
2. 1311 – Duccio's Maestà, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in which Italian cathedral ?
Duomo di Milano
Cattedrale di Pisa
Duomo di Siena
Cattedrale di Parma
3. 1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to describe and map which river ?
Congo
St. Lawrence
Yukon
Orinoco
4. 1732 – James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of which future U.S. state ?
Alabama
Florida
Maine
Georgia
5. 1900 – Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies in a British prison of what disease ?
Tubercolosis
Malaria
Cholera
Smallpox
6. 1928 – Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane. What was it named ?
Southern Cross
Grey Goose
Flying Tiger
Golden Eagle
7. 1930 – A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station, allegedly for what reason ?
Betraying a source
Gambling debt
Close to exposing a scandal
Adultery
8. 1934 – Which Disney character makes it's debut in The Wise Little Hen ?
Minnie Mouse
Pluto
Donald Duck
Goofy
9. 1944 – World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in which French town ?
Le Puy
Fonteney-le-Comte
Montbard
Tulle
10. 1959 – The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first of what type of vessel ?
Nuclear-powered Ballistic Missile Submarine
Antarctic Research Vessel
Long Range Refuelling Vessel
Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier
11. 1967 – Six-Day War: Israel captures which area ?
Sinai Peninsula
West Bank
Golan Heights
Gaza Strip
12. 1972 – Severe rainfall causes a dam to burst in which US mountain range ?
Adirondack Mountains, New York
Black Hills, South Dakota
Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia
Ozark Plateau, Missouri
13. 1979 – A fire on the "Ghost Train" ride at which amusement park, kills seven people ?
Blackpool Pleasure Beach, UK
Gardaland, Italy
Knott's Berry Farm, USA
Luna Park Sydney, Australia
14. 1963 – Johnny Depp, American actor is born in which city ?
Clarksville, Tennessee
Decatur, Illinois
Owensboro, Kentucky
Hickory, North Carolina
15. What food is celebrated on this day, primarily in the USA ?
Lemon Drizzle Cake
Rotisserie Chicken
Blueberry Cheesecake
Jellybeans
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