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On This Day (March 8th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on March 8th ?
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1. 1576 – Spanish explorer Diego García de Palacio first sights the ruins of which ancient Mayan city ?
Uaxactún ✓
Bonampak ✓
Copán ✓
Calakmul ✓
2. 1722 – The Safavid Empire of Iran is pushed into anarchy after being defeated by an army from which country at the Battle of Gulnabad ?
Afghanistan ✓
Iraq ✓
Russia ✓
China ✓
3. 1817 – The Stock Exchange of which city is founded on this day ?
London ✓
Frankfurt ✓
Tokyo ✓
New York ✓
4. 1868 – Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka. What was their nationality ?
French ✓
Spanish ✓
Chinese ✓
Russian ✓
5. 1910 – Raymonde de Laroche of France becomes the first woman to receive what type of licence ?
Car Driving Licence ✓
Liqour Licence ✓
Pilots Licence ✓
Truck Driving Licence ✓
6. 1921 – Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting which building in Madrid ?
Royal Palace ✓
Parliament Building ✓
Cybele Palace ✓
Church of las Calatravas ✓
7. 1924 – A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, in which state ?
Utah ✓
Wyoming ✓
North Dakota ✓
New Mexico ✓
8. 1936 – Which racetrack holds its first oval stock car race ?
Indianapolis ✓
Milwaukee Mile ✓
Daytona Beach ✓
Talladega Superspeedway ✓
9. 1952 - Future US President Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis at the "Little Brown Church" in which Californian "Valley" ?
Napa Valley ✓
Silicon Valley ✓
Santa Clara Valley ✓
San Fernando Valley ✓
10. 1957 – Clive Burr, English rock drummer was born on this day, what band is he most associated with ?
Black Sabbath ✓
Iron Maiden ✓
Def Leppard ✓
Judas Priest ✓
11. 1971 – The "Fight of the Century" between Joe Frazier and which other boxer commences ? (Frazier wins in 15 rounds via unanimous decision)
George Foreman ✓
Oscar Bonavena ✓
George Chuvalo ✓
Muhammad Ali ✓
12. 1972 - Today marks the first flight of which aircraft ?
Concorde ✓
Sea King Helicopter ✓
Goodyear Blimp ✓
Lockheed U-2 ✓
13. 1974 – Which major International Airport opens on this day ?.
Paris - Charles de Gaulle ✓
London - Gatwick ✓
Chicago - O'Hare ✓
Berlin - Schönefeld ✓
14. 2014 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to which city ?
Perth, Australia ✓
Hanoi, Vietnam ✓
Beijing, China ✓
Durban, South Africa ✓
15. 2017 - The Azure Window, a natural rock arch, collapses during a storm on which European island?
Lesbos ✓
Gozo ✓
Lampedusa ✓
Ibiza ✓
16. 2018 - US President Donald Trump authorizes tariffs on steel and which other metal ?
Aluminium ✓
Copper ✓
Titanium ✓
Lithium ✓
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