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On This Day (March 7th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on March 7th ?
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1. 1277 – Bishop Stephen Tempier, condemns 219 philosophical and theological theses. He was the Bishop of which city?
Lincoln
Madrid
Paris
San Marino
2. 1573 – A peace treaty is signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, leaving which island in Ottoman hands?
Cyprus
Sicily
Sardinia
Malta
3. 1799 - The Royal Institution of Great Britain is founded and is dedicated to what cause ?
The Royal Family
Creating Wealth
Scientific Research
Cures for Insanity
4. 1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 captives of which nationality ?
Jordanian
Palestinian
Egyptian
Albanian
5. 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls by what name ?
Hydrofoil
Telephone
Photophone
Metal Detector
6. 1900 – The German liner "SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" becomes the first ship to do what ?
Traverse the Panama Canal
Offer Round the World Cruises
Send Wireless Signals to Shore
Sail the Northwest Passage
7. 1908 - Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stands before city council and announces that, "women are not..... what"?
Clever enough to vote
Physically fit enough to operate automobiles.
Wanted in Council positions
Permitted in Bars and Clubs
8. 1951 – Korean War: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces known as Operation what ?
Ripper
Charlie
Deadweight
Magpie
9. 1958 – Rik Mayall, comedian, actor, screenwriter and star of many cult comedy sitcoms is born in which English county ?
Essex
Kent
Norfolk
Buckinghamshire
10. 1962 - Which band make their broadcasting debut on BBC radio ?
The Rolling Stones
Booker T. and the M.G.'s
The Shadows
The Beatles
11. 1967 - Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins an 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union & what other crime ?
Jury Tampering
Theft
Manslaughter
Perjury
12. 1986 – Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate which part of Challenger on the ocean floor ?
Tail
Crew Cabin
Left Wing
Nose Cone
13. 1989 – Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over which author ?
Peter Wright
Arthur C Clarke
J.R.R.Tolkien
Salman Rushdie
14. 2006 – The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in which city ?
Varanasi, India
Jessore, Bangladesh
Nawabshah, Pakistan
Bhimdatta, Nepal
15. 2019 - Which telecommunications company sues the US government over a federal ban on its products ?
Vodafone Group Plc
Deutsche Telekom AG
Huawei Technologies Co.Ltd
Tata Communications
16. 2024 - Which country becomes the 32nd member of NATO?
Finland
Sweden
Latvia
Lithuania
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