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On This Day (May 19th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 19th ?
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1. 1051 – Henry I of France marries the Russian princess, Anne of where ?
Kiev ✓
Minsk ✓
Smolensk ✓
Novgorod ✓
2. 1542 – The Prome Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in which present-day country ?
Laos ✓
Vietnam ✓
Myanmar ✓
Malaysia ✓
3. 1568 – Queen Elizabeth I of England orders the arrest of which person ?
Guy Fawkes ✓
Mary, Queen of Scots ✓
Walter Raleigh ✓
Oliver Cromwell ✓
4. 1655 – The Invasion of which island begins during the Anglo-Spanish War ?
Jamaica ✓
Ireland ✓
Madeira ✓
Gran Canaria ✓
5. 1743 – Jean-Pierre Christin developed a scale for measuring what ?
Wind Speed ✓
Atmospheric Pressure ✓
Distance ✓
Temperature ✓
6. 1828 – U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting manufacturers of what product in the United States ?
Timber ✓
Wool ✓
Jewelery ✓
Beer ✓
7. 1911 – The world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior in which country ?
United Kingdom ✓
South Africa ✓
Canada ✓
New Zealand ✓
8. 1921 – The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on what ?
Imported Metals ✓
Immigration ✓
Alcohol Production ✓
Union Membership ✓
9. 1950 – Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to ships and commerce from which country ?
Israel ✓
Turkey ✓
Iran ✓
South Africa ✓
10. 1961 – Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly by another planet by passing where ?
Mars ✓
Mercury ✓
Saturn ✓
Venus ✓
11. 1962 – A birthday salute to John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is what ?
US Air Force Flypast ✓
Marilyn Monroe singing "Happy Birthday". ✓
21 Gun Salute ✓
A Model jumping out of a Cake ✓
12. 1991 – Which country votes for independence in a referendum ?
Estonia ✓
Kyrgyzstan ✓
Croatia ✓
Montenegro ✓
13. 2012 – Three gas cylinder bombs explode in front of a vocational school in which Italian city ?
Brindisi ✓
Trieste ✓
Pisa ✓
Lecce ✓
14. 2018 – The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is held at St George's Chapel, Windsor, with an estimated global audience of how many ?
2.6 Billion ✓
850 Million ✓
1.2 Billion ✓
1.9 Billion ✓
15. 1945 – Pete Townshend, English singer-songwriter and guitarist, is born. He is known for his long association with which band ?
Rolling Stones ✓
The Zombies ✓
The Who ✓
Beach Boys ✓
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