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On This Day (May 14th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 14th ?
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1. 1264 – Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign a settlement, making Simon de Montfort the effective ruler of England, at which battle ?
Battle of Lewes ✓
Battle of Hausbergen ✓
Battle of Evesham ✓
Battle of Dunbar ✓
2. 1509 – Battle of Agnadello takes place in Northern Italy, forces from which country defeat the Republic of Venice ?
England ✓
Switzerland ✓
France ✓
Austria ✓
3. 1643 – Following the death of his father,Louis XIII, Louis XIV becomes King of France at what age ?
12 ✓
4 ✓
9 ✓
17 ✓
4. 1800 – The 6th United States Congress recesses, and the process of moving the U.S. Government to Washington, D.C. from which city begins the following day ?
New York ✓
Richmond ✓
Charlotte ✓
Philadelphia ✓
5. 1870 – The first game of which sport in New Zealand is played in Nelson ?
Soccer ✓
Rugby ✓
Cricket ✓
Basketball ✓
6. 1879 – The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives aboard the "Leonidas" at which island ?
Fiji ✓
Samoa ✓
Tonga ✓
Nuie ✓
7. 1925 – Which of Virginia Woolf's novels is published ?
A Room of One's Own ✓
The Voyage Out ✓
The Mark on the Wall ✓
Mrs Dalloway ✓
8. 1939 – Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at what age ?
12 ✓
8 ✓
5 ✓
7 ✓
9. 1940 – World War II: Which city is bombed by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany despite a ceasefire being in place ?
Stockholm ✓
Rotterdam ✓
Copenhagen ✓
Oslo ✓
10. 1951 – Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be what ?
Rebuilt Completely ✓
Scheduled Service on a Narrow Guage ✓
Changed from Goods to Passenger ✓
Operated by Volunteers ✓
11. 1973 – The United States' first space station, is launched. What was it called ?
Skylab ✓
Mir ✓
Spacebox ✓
Orbiter 1 ✓
12. 1977 – A Dan-Air Boeing 707 leased to IAS Cargo Airlines crashes on approach to which International Airport ?
Harare, Zimbabwe ✓
Nairobi, Kenya ✓
Lusaka, Zambia ✓
Lagos, Nigeria ✓
13. 1988 – Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on which road near Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group
I - 64 ✓
I - 71 ✓
I - 75 ✓
I - 65 ✓
14. 1969 – Danny Wood, American singer-songwriter, record producer, and choreographer is born today. He is a member of which boy band ?
New Kids on the Block ✓
One Direction ✓
Backstreet Boys ✓
*NSYNC ✓
15. 1998 – Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor dies in Los Angeles. Amongst other items he was buried with a packet of which brand of cigarettes ?
Marlboro ✓
Chesterfield ✓
Lucky Strike ✓
Camel ✓
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