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On This Day (March 14th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on March 14th ?
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1. 1757 – Admiral Sir John Byng is convicted of war crimes and executed by firing squad aboard which ship?
HMS Blenheim ✓
HMS Formidable ✓
HMS Monarch ✓
HMS Princess ✓
2. 1794 – Eli Whitney is granted a patent for what invention ?
Lightning Rod ✓
Cotton Gin ✓
Tuning Fork ✓
Preserving Jar ✓
3. 1885 – Which opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, receives its first public performance in London ?
The Mikado ✓
HMS Pinafore ✓
The Pirates of Penzance ✓
The Gondoliers ✓
4. 1903 - The first national bird reservation is established in which city ?
Sebastian, Florida ✓
Citronelle, Alabama ✓
Hardeeville, Georgia ✓
Awendaw, South Carolina ✓
5. 1923 - US President Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to do what ?
Become Bankrupt ✓
Visit Antarctica ✓
Pay Taxes ✓
Keep Chickens ✓
6. 1926 – A train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibas, killing 248 people in which country?
Guatemala ✓
Honduras ✓
Nicaragua ✓
Costa Rica ✓
7. 1942 – Orvan Hess and John Bumstead became the first in the United States to successfully treat a patient, Anne Miller, using what?
Blood Transfusion ✓
Penicillin ✓
Artificial Heart Valve ✓
Chemotherapy ✓
8. 1966 - The British film "Born Free" is released, it is based on the book "Born Free" by which author?
Roald Dahl ✓
Joy Adamson ✓
Frank Herbert ✓
J.D. Salinger ✓
9. 1971 - The Rolling Stones leave England for France for what reason ?
European Tour ✓
Record an Album ✓
Reduce Fan Pressure ✓
Escape Taxes ✓
10. 1984 - Gerry Adams, head of Irelands Sinn Féin party, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in which city ?
Dublin ✓
Liverpool ✓
Belfast ✓
Glasgow ✓
11. 1997 - President Clinton trips & injures what part of his body that then requires surgery ?
Head ✓
Shoulder ✓
Knee ✓
Toes ✓
12. 2013 - 7 people are killed after gunmen storm a bar in which city ?
Key West, USA ✓
Cancun, Mexico ✓
Belmopan, Belize ✓
Montego Bay, Jamaica ✓
13. 2017 - European Court of Justice rules companies can ban staff from wearing what ?
Jewelery ✓
Provocative Clothing ✓
High Heel Shoes ✓
Religious Symbols ✓
14. 2017 - World's oldest golf club, Muirfield in Scotland, votes to admit women as members for the first time in how many years ?
157 ✓
189 ✓
273 ✓
305 ✓
15. 2019 - Google announces its employee Emma Haruka Iwao, using Google Cloud, has broken the world record for calculating pi, to how many digits ?
31.4 trillion ✓
18.9 billion ✓
22.4 million ✓
76.1 billion ✓
16. 2019 - Cyclone Idai causes over 1,000 deaths after making landfall in which country?
Sri Lanka ✓
Mozambique ✓
New Zealand ✓
Japan ✓
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