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On This Day (May 20th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 20th ?
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1. 1497 – John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, looking for a route to the west. What is the name of his ship ?
Matthew ✓
Mark ✓
Luke ✓
John ✓
2. 1570 – Abraham Ortelius issues "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", the first modern what ?
Theatre Guide ✓
Almanac ✓
Atlas ✓
Dictionary ✓
3. 1802 – Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates what in the French colonies ?
Taxation ✓
Slavery ✓
Conscription ✓
Immigration ✓
4. 1840 – York Minster, in the UK, is badly damaged by what ?
Vandalism ✓
Earthquake ✓
High Winds ✓
Fire ✓
5. 1861 – American Civil War: Which state proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state ?
Oklahoma ✓
Ohio ✓
Kentucky ✓
Virginia ✓
6. 1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with what feature ?
Copper Rivets ✓
Watch Pocket ✓
Double Belt Loops ✓
Adjustable Turnups ✓
7. 1883 – Which volcano begins to erupt; it explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people ?
Etna ✓
Tambora ✓
Merapi ✓
Krakatoa ✓
8. 1902 – Cuba gains independence from which nation ?
Spain ✓
United States ✓
France ✓
Russia ✓
9. 1932 – Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing where the next day ?
Ireland ✓
Scotland ✓
Spain ✓
Norway ✓
10. 1940 – The first prisoners arrive at a new German concentration camp called what ?
Bergen-Belsen ✓
Dachau ✓
Buchenwald ✓
Auschwitz ✓
11. 1956 – The first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean under the codename of Operation what ?
Bluebird ✓
Toadstool ✓
Redwing ✓
Barracuda ✓
12. 1969 – Which battle of the Vietnam War ends ?
Battle of Ia Drang ✓
Battle of Hamburger Hill ✓
Battle of Coral–Balmoral ✓
Battle of Hat Dich ✓
13. 1980 – A referendum calling for independance is rejected by 60% of the voters in which region ?
Quebec, Canada ✓
Catalonia, Spain ✓
Scotland, United Kingdom ✓
Dagestan, Russia ✓
14. 1990 – The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in which European country ?
Hungary ✓
Poland ✓
Estonia ✓
Romania ✓
15. 1946 – Cherilyn Sarkisian, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress, is born. By what name is she better known ?
Pink ✓
Madonna ✓
Cher ✓
Twiggy ✓
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