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On This Day (March 28th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on March 28th ?
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1.
37 - Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus accepts the titles of the Principate. He is better known by what name ?
Nero
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Caligula
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Domitian
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Caracalla
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1566 – The foundation stone of which capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette ?
Paramaribo, Suriname
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Vaduz, Liechtenstein
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Valletta, Malta
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Windhoek, Namibia
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1842 – First concert of which Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai ?
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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Siam Philharmonic Orchestra
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Arab Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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1910 – Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near which town ?
Riverport, NS, Canada
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Martigues, France
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Jijel, Algeria
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Pattaya City, Thailand
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1914 – Everett Ruess, American explorer, poet, and painter was born in Oakland, California. Just over 20 years later he disappeared in a remote part of which state ?
Utah
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Oregon
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Washington
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Montana
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1933 – The Imperial Airways biplane "City of Liverpool" is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger does what on board ?
Knocks out the Pilot
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Opens a Door
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Starts a Fire
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Breaks a Window
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1946 – The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of what ?
Drug Smuggling
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Shipping Lanes
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Air Routes
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Nuclear Power
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1948 - Musician Nat King Cole weds jazz singer Maria Hawkins at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in which New York neighborhood ?
Greenwich Village
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SoHo
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Harlem
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Crown Heights
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1960 - A Scotch whisky factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters in which Scottish city ?
Glasgow
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Dundee
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Aberdeen
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Inverness
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1968 – Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a protest for what ?
Cheaper Meals
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World Peace
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Better Education
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Less Deforestation
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1969 – Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement opposing the junta in Greece on which broadcasting service ?
Voice of America
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Radio Luxembourg
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BBC World Service
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Radio Moscow
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1979 – A coolant leak at which nuclear reactor leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown ?
Dounreay, UK
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Three Mile Island, USA
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Chernobyl, Ukraine
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Fukushima Daiichi, Japan
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2003 – In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier from which nation ?
United Kingdom
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United States
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France
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Netherlands
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2006 – Massive protests are mounted against France's First Employment Contract law, meant to reduce what ?.
Working Hours
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Retirement Age
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Workplace Accidents
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Youth Unemployment
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2017 - The United Kingdom introduces what denomination of currency with a secret security feature to stop counterfeiting ?
£2 coin
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£50 note
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£10 note
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£1 coin
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2023 - Paul O'Grady, English presenter, comedian and drag queen, dies aged 67. What was his drag character's name?
Lily Savage
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Racy Tracy
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Barbara Bikini
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Gorgeous George
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Dont worry too much about doing well on these, I tried a couple of Jan and Feb ones yesterday and didnt get them all myself.
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