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On This Day (May 17th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 17th ?
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1. 1590 – Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of where ?
Scotland ✓
England ✓
Denmark ✓
Finland ✓
2. 1673 – Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring which river ?
Niger ✓
Mekong ✓
Mississippi ✓
Orinoco ✓
3. 1814 – Occupation of Monaco changes from French to what nationality ?
Italian ✓
Austrian ✓
Spanish ✓
Swiss ✓
4. 1875 – Which horse wins the first Kentucky Derby ?
Volcano ✓
Vagabond ✓
Gold Mine ✓
Aristides ✓
5. 1939 – The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event. What sport was involved ?
Football ✓
Hockey ✓
Baseball ✓
Basketball ✓
6. 1943 – World War II: Raids commence by 617 Squadron Royal Air Force targeting what types of structure ?
Dams ✓
Railways ✓
Bridges ✓
Communications ✓
7. 1977 – Nolan Bushnell opened the first of which restaurant chain in San Jose, California ?
TGI Fridays ✓
Chuck E. Cheese's ✓
Denny's ✓
Hooters ✓
8. 1983 – The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest pollution event of which material in Oak Ridge, Tennessee ?
Arsenic ✓
Sulphur Dioxide ✓
Asbestos ✓
Mercury ✓
9. 1984 – What does Prince Charles call a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London ?
"Monstrous Carbuncle" ✓
"Stunning Facade" ✓
"Hideously Expensive" ✓
"Amazingly Attractive" ✓
10. 1990 – The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates what from the list of psychiatric diseases ?
Post Traumatic Stress ✓
Dwarfism ✓
Homosexuality ✓
Downs Syndrome ✓
11. 1994 – Which African country holds its first multi-party elections ?
Rwanda ✓
Malawi ✓
Togo ✓
Gabon ✓
12. 1995 – Shawn Nelson steals what from the California Army National Guard Armory in San Diego and proceeds to go on a rampage ?
Grenade Launcher ✓
Humvee ✓
Automatic Rifle ✓
Tank ✓
13. 2006 – The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk as an artificial reef in which body of water ?
Lake Superior ✓
Gulf of Mexico ✓
Gulf of California ✓
Puget Sound ✓
14. 2007 – Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since what year ?
1953 ✓
1961 ✓
1948 ✓
1976 ✓
15. 1931 – Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader, is born. He founded which religious organisation ?
Branch Davidians ✓
Rosicrucian Fellowship ✓
Heaven's Gate ✓
Church of the SubGenius ✓
KingEureka
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Level 62
May 17, 2020
Great Quiz As Usual!
toowise
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Level 78
May 17, 2020
Thanks Your Majesty , very much appreciated especially from Royalty 😃
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