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On This Day (May 15th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 15th ?
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1. 1252 – Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull "ad extirpanda", which authorizes, but also limits, what ?
Taxes Paid to the Church ✓
Travel by Clergy ✓
The Torture of Heretics ✓
Payments to Dioceses ✓
2. 1536 – Which wife of King Henry VIII stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest ?
Anne Boleyn ✓
Catherine Parr ✓
Catherine Howard ✓
Anne of Cleves ✓
3. 1718 – James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first what ?
Fountain Pen ✓
Machine Gun ✓
Safe Deposit Box ✓
Trouser Press ✓
4. 1792 – France declares war on which Kingdom ?
Denmark - Norway ✓
Spain ✓
Sardinia ✓
Ireland ✓
5. 1850 – The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and which other country ?
France ✓
United States ✓
China ✓
Argentina ✓
6. 1905 –Which city is founded when 110 acres (0.45 km2), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off ?
Seattle ✓
Las Vegas ✓
Phoenix ✓
Des Moines ✓
7. 1919 – A general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of which city had walked off the job ?
Winnipeg, Canada ✓
Manchester, UK ✓
Toulouse, France ✓
Perth, Australia ✓
8. 1928 – Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, What was it called ?
Steamboat Willie ✓
Brave Little Tailor ✓
Plane Crazy ✓
Fantasia ✓
9. 1932 – In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of which country is assassinated ?
Japan ✓
Morocco ✓
Ecuador ✓
Papua New Guinea ✓
10. 1940 – Which fast food chain opens its first outlet in San Bernardino, California ?
Burger King ✓
Subway ✓
KFC ✓
McDonalds ✓
11. 1970 – President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female what ?
Foreign Ambassadors ✓
US Army Generals ✓
US Navy Captains ✓
State Governors ✓
12. 1991 – Édith Cresson becomes which country's first female Prime Minister ?
Belgium ✓
Norway ✓
France ✓
Latvia ✓
13. 2004 – Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining which other club with the right to claim the title "The Invincibles" ?
Chelsea F.C. ✓
Manchester United F.C. ✓
Accrington Stanley F.C. ✓
Preston North End F.C. ✓
14. 2008 – California becomes the second U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. Which state was the first in 2004 ?
Massachusetts ✓
Oregon ✓
Florida ✓
Delaware ✓
15. 1947 – Graeham Goble, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer is born. He was a founder member of which Australian rock group ?
Men at Work ✓
Little River band ✓
INXS ✓
Midnight Oil ✓
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