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On This Day (May 21st) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 21st ?
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1. 1674 – The nobility elect John Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of where ?
Estonia ✓
Silesia ✓
Bohemia ✓
Lithuania ✓
2. 1758 – Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned when ?
Five years later ✓
Six and a half years later ✓
Six months later ✓
Two years and three months later ✓
3. 1851 – Slavery is abolished in which country ?
Colombia ✓
Brazil ✓
El Salvador ✓
Costa Rica ✓
4. 1871 – The opening on Mount Rigi in Switzerland of the first what in Europe ?
Bobsleigh Run ✓
Mountain Top Restaurant ✓
Rack Railway ✓
Cable Car ✓
5. 1894 – Which canal is officially opened by Queen Victoria ?
Manchester Ship Canal ✓
Caledonian Canal ✓
Royal Military Canal ✓
Southwick Ship Canal ✓
6. 1904 – The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in which city ?.
Brussels ✓
Paris ✓
Luxembourg ✓
London ✓
7. 1934 – Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to do what ?
Become Tax Free ✓
Build a Mosque ✓
Appoint a female Mayor ✓
Fingerprint all its Citizens ✓
8. 1936 – Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's what in her handbag ?
Head ✓
Hands ✓
Genitals ✓
Feet ✓
9. 1937 – A Soviet station, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate where ?
On the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean ✓
Bouvet Island ✓
Antarctic Interior ✓
Diomede Islands ✓
10. 1972 – Michelangelo's "Pietà" in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City is damaged by what ?
Flooding ✓
Vandalism ✓
Fire ✓
Accidental Gunfire ✓
11. 1991 – Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near which city ?
Bombay (Mumbai) ✓
Goa ✓
Calcutta (Kolkatta) ✓
Madras (Chennai) ✓
12. 1992 – Johnny Carson hosted his penultimate episode and last featuring guests of The Tonight Show. Robin Williams and which other celebrity were guests ?
Bette Midler ✓
Joan Rivers ✓
Cher ✓
Kim Kardashian ✓
13. 1996 – The ferry "MV Bukoba" sinks on which lake, killing nearly 1,000 ?
Lake Titicaca ✓
Lake Victoria ✓
Lake Baikal ✓
Lake Huron ✓
14. 2005 – The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at which amusement park ?
Alton Towers, UK ✓
Salitre Mágico, Colombia. ✓
Canada's Wonderland, Ontario, Canada ✓
Six Flags Great Adventure, NJ, USA ✓
15. 1960 – Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer, is born. By what name was he known ?
Dating Game Killer ✓
Woodward Corridor Killer ✓
Milwaukee Cannibal ✓
Lonely Hearts Killer ✓
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