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On This Day (May 1st) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 1st?
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1. 1169 – Norman mercenaries mark the beginning of the Norman invasion of Ireland by landing at Bannow Bay in which Irish province ?
Leinster ✓
Connacht ✓
Ulster ✓
Munster ✓
2. 1786 – Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro is performed for the first time in which city ?
Milan ✓
Venice ✓
Vienna ✓
Salzburg ✓
3. 1840 – The first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom. What was it called ?
Penny Red ✓
Twopenny Green ✓
Halfpenny Blue ✓
Penny Black ✓
4. 1884 – Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play which sport professionally in the United States ?
Football ✓
Baseball ✓
Ice Hockey ✓
Soccer ✓
5. 1915 – The RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her final crossing of the North Atlantic. She is torpedoed 6 days later off the coast of which country ?
United Kingdom ✓
France ✓
Spain ✓
Ireland ✓
6. 1945 – World War II: Which flag is raised over the Reich Chancellery, following Hitler's suicide ?
Soviet Union ✓
United States ✓
United Kingdom ✓
Germany ✓
7. 1956 – Which vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public ?
Smallpox ✓
Polio ✓
Measles ✓
Mumps ✓
8. 1960 – Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, near the city known as what today ?
Volgograd ✓
Ulan-Ude ✓
Yekaterinburg ✓
Novosibirsk ✓
9. 1967 – Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu are married in which city ?
Las Vegas ✓
Memphis ✓
Los Angeles ✓
Nashville ✓
10. 1978 – Japan's Naomi Uemura becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone. By what means did he travel ?
Skis ✓
Dog Sled ✓
Snowmobile ✓
Walking ✓
11. 1982 – The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during the Falklands War in an operation known as what ?
Operation Granby ✓
Operation Mirror Image ✓
Operation Black Buck ✓
Operation Arctic Tern ✓
12. 1994 – Three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident whilst leading the Grand Prix at which circuit ?
Monza ✓
Monaco ✓
Hockenheimring ✓
Imola ✓
13. 1999 – The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest. How many years after his disappearance ?
51 ✓
75 ✓
47 ✓
86 ✓
14. 2009 – Same-sex marriage is legalized in which country ?
Sweden ✓
Ireland ✓
Malta ✓
Australia ✓
15. 1949 – Paul Teutul, Sr., American designer, is born. He is featured in which TV reality show ?
Inside West Coast Customs ✓
Diesel Brothers ✓
American Chopper ✓
Overhaulin' ✓
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