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On This Day (March 18th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on March 18th ?
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1. 1608 – Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of which empire ?
Mughal Empire
Ottoman Empire
Safavid Empire
Ethiopian Empire
2. 1834 – Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia on what charge ?
Theft of Cattle
Forming a Worker's Union
Assault on Landlord
Desertion of Duty
3. 1850 – Which financial institution is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo ?
American Express
Western Union
Diners Club
Citizens Financial Group
4. 1874 – Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting what rights ?
Free Movement of Citizens
Exclusive Trading Rights
Non Agression
Fishing Limits
5. 1882 - Morgan Earp (Brother of Wyatt) is assassinated by outlaws in Tombstone while playing which game ?
Skittles
Billiards
Poker
Find the Lady
6. 1892 – Which former Governor General pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada ?
Sir James Henry Craig
John Hamilton-Gordon
Lord Frederick Stanley
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound
7. 1899 - Which of Saturn's moons is discovered by William Pickering ?
Titan
Dione
Tethys
Phoebe
8. 1902 -Turkey grants Germany a concession to construct a railroad through Turkish territory for the first time to link Berlin with which city ?
Baghdad
Istanbul
Damascus
Tehran
9. 1921 – The second Peace (or Treaty) of Riga is signed between the Soviet Union and which other country ?
Poland
Romania
Latvia
Finland
10. 1940 – World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom on which mountain pass ?
Simplon Pass
Brenner Pass
St Gotthard Pass
Arlberg Pass
11. 1965 – Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov becomes the first person to do what ?
Orbit the Earth five times
Travel to Space for a second time
Abort a Mission and survive
Walk in Space
12. 1965 - The members of the Rolling Stones are fined £5 each for what crime ?
Drunk and Disorderly
Obstruction of the Highway
Public Urination
Drugs Possession
13. 1969 – The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail, used by communist forces to infiltrate Vietnam, in which country ?
Cambodia
Laos
China
Thailand
14. 1990 – In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings worth half a billion dollars are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in which city?
Chicago
Los Angeles
Boston
Dallas
15. 2003 - Which language is recognised as an official British language ?
Welsh
British Sign Language
Cornish
Scots Gaelic
16. 2015 - 23 people are killed when the Bardo National Museum is attacked by gunmen, in which country?
Tunisia
France
United States
New Zealand
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