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On This Day (May 10th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 10th ?
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1. 1497 – Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves which port city for his first voyage to the New World ?
Porto, Portugal
Cadiz, Spain
Genoa, Italy
Marseille, France
2. 1503 – Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after finding what on the islands ?
Tarantulas
Turtles
Sea Lions
Tomatoes
3. 1773 – The Parliament of Great Britain passes legislation that leads to the Boston Tea Party. What was the Act called ?
Food Act
New England Act
Tea Act
Massachusetts Act
4. 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in which city ?
Philadelphia
Washington
New York
Richmond
5. 1801 – First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on which country ?
Spain
France
Morocco
United States
6. 1869 – The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed with the golden spike at which place ?
Humboldt Wells, Nevada
Bridgers Pass, South Dakota
Promontory Summit, Utah
Julesberg, Nebraska
7. 1872 – Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman to be nominated for what role ?
Governor of California
President of the United States
Mayor of New York City
Speaker of the House of Commons, UK
8. 1908 – What is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia ?
Mother's Day
Father's Day
Earth Day
Day of the Dead
9. 1924 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in which year ?
1954
1948
1967
1972
10. 1940 – World War II: The Invasion of which country by the United Kingdom ?
Denmark
Iceland
Burma
Egypt
11. 1954 – Bill Haley & His Comets release the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts. What was it called ?
Rock Around The Clock
See You Later Alligator
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Green Tree Boogie
12. 1960 – The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast. What was Op. Sandblast ?
First Breakthrough of the Arctic Icecap
Enter the Murmansk Shipyards
Remain Underwater for Three Months
First Underwater Circumnavigation of the Earth.
13. 1975 – Sony introduced which product in Japan ?
Walkman Personal Stereo
Digital Watch
Betamax Videocassette Recorder
Solar Powered Calculator
14. 2005 – A hand grenade lands near to U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in which city ?
Baku, Azerbaijan
Tbilisi, Georgia
Paris, France
Mumbai, India
15. 1942 – Carl Douglas, singer-songwriter, best known for his best selling Disco hit "Kung-Fu Fighting" is born in which city ?
Kingston, Jamaica
Detroit, USA
Nassau, Bahamas
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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