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On This Day (March 20th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on March 20th ?
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1. 673 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka. What flower is this throne named after ?
Chrysanthemum ✓
Daffodil ✓
Cherry Blossom ✓
Daisy ✓
2. 1616 – Sir Walter Raleigh is freed after 13 years of imprisonment in which building ?
Shepton Mallet Gaol ✓
Lancaster Castle ✓
Tower of London ✓
King's Bench Prison ✓
3. 1760 – The Great ______ Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings, in which city ?
London ✓
Chicago ✓
Tokyo ✓
Boston ✓
4. 1815 – After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule, with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around how many men ?
100,000 ✓
200,000 ✓
300,000 ✓
400,000 ✓
5. 1888 – The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in which city ?
Moscow ✓
Bucharest ✓
Budapest ✓
Dubrovnik ✓
6. 1922 – The USS Langley is commissioned as the first of what type of vessel for the United States Navy ?
Minesweeper ✓
Fuel Resupply Vessel ✓
Ice Breaker ✓
Aircraft Carrier ✓
7. 1923 – The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the first showing in the United States by which artist ?
Edvard Munch ✓
Pablo Picasso ✓
Henri Matisse ✓
Salvador Dalí ✓
8. 1933 – Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of which concentration camp ?
Dachau ✓
Auschwitz ✓
Belsen ✓
Buchenwald ✓
9. 1942 – World War II: General Douglas MacArthur makes his famous speech regarding the fall of which country?
Indonesia ✓
Japan ✓
Philippines ✓
Vietnam ✓
10. 1956 – Tunisia gains independence from which country ?
France ✓
United Kingdom ✓
Spain ✓
Belgium ✓
11. 1969 - John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in which British Overseas Territory ?
Akrotiri ✓
Hong Kong ✓
Bermuda ✓
Gibraltar ✓
12. 1980 - The "Mi Amigo" ship sinks. It is the base of which English pirate radio station?
Radio London ✓
Radio Atlanta ✓
Radio Caroline ✓
Radio North Sea International ✓
13. 1985 – Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win which endurance race ?
Pikes Peak Marathon ✓
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ✓
Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race ✓
Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc ✓
14. 1987 – The Food and Drug Administration approves the drug AZT in the fight against which disease ?
Cancer ✓
Influenza ✓
AIDS ✓
Multiple Sclerosis ✓
15. 1993 – A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in which English town leading to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland ?
Hereford ✓
Warrington ✓
Newquay ✓
King's Lynn ✓
16. 1999 - Lego opens its first non-European theme park in which country?
United States ✓
Japan ✓
South Korea ✓
United Arab Emirates ✓
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