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On This Day (March 23rd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on March 23rd ?
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1. 1801 – Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death in which place ?
His bedroom at St. Michael's Castle, St. Petersburg ✓
In Red Square, Moscow ✓
On the steps of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow ✓
In Pobedy Park, Volgograd ✓
2. 1806 – After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin to what ?
Establish a Settlement ✓
Continue their Journey along the coast Northwards ✓
Travel Home ✓
Continue their journey along the coast Southwards ✓
3. 1839 - 1st recorded use of "OK" an abbreviation of "Oll Korrect" in which newspaper ?
New York Times ✓
Washington Post ✓
UK's Daily Telegraph ✓
Boston's Morning Post ✓
4. 1848 – The ship "John Wickliffe" arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers to where?
Darwin, Australia ✓
Dunedin, New Zealand ✓
Christchurch, New Zealand ✓
Perth, Australia ✓
5. 1857 – Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at number 488 of which street in New York City ?
Broadway ✓
Fifth Avenue ✓
Park Avenue ✓
Lexington Avenue ✓
6. 1889 - What means of crossing the River Thames was officially opened in London ?
Blackwall Tunnel ✓
Woolwich Free Ferry ✓
Blackfriars Rail Bridge ✓
Tower Bridge ✓
7. 1909 – Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and which other society ?
Adventurers' Club of New York ✓
The Huguenot Society of America ✓
The Explorers Club ✓
National Geographic Society ✓
8. 1921 Donald Campbell, English boat and land racer (world land and water records 1964), is born in which English town ?
Kingston upon Thames,Surrey ✓
Ambleside, Cumbria ✓
Diss, Norfolk ✓
Macclesfield, Cheshire ✓
9. 1945 - The Swallow Sidecar Company headed by William Lyons agrees to change its name to what ?
Lotus ✓
McLaren ✓
Jaguar ✓
MG ✓
10. 1957 - The US army sells it's last remaining what ?
Bicycles ✓
Bi-planes ✓
Muskets ✓
Homing Pigeons ✓
11. 1966 - First official meeting of the Catholic & Anglican Churches after how many years ?
400 ✓
500 ✓
200 ✓
300 ✓
12. 2001 – The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into which ocean ?
Indian ✓
Pacific ✓
Southern ✓
Arctic ✓
13. 2012 - The African Union suspends which country's membership following a coup ?
Burkina Faso ✓
Mali ✓
Guinea ✓
Togo ✓
14. 2015 - TV personality Kris Jenner and athlete Bruce Jenner divorce after how many years of marriage ?
22 ✓
13 ✓
8 ✓
18 ✓
15. 2019 - More than 1 million people march on London to demand what ?
Change to Environmental Policies ✓
Tax Cuts ✓
Second EU Referendum ✓
Better Job Prospects ✓
16. 2021 - A container ship runs aground and blocks the Suez Canal for six days. What was it's name?
Ever Given ✓
Ever Green ✓
Ever Laurel ✓
Ever Forward ✓
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