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On This Day (May 22nd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 22nd ?
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1. 1762 – Which landmark is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome ?
Trevi Fountain
Spanish Steps
Piazza Navona
St.Paul's Basilica
2. 1766 – A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in which region ?
Lazio, Italy
Manchuria, China
Marmara, Turkey
Hokkaido, Japan
3. 1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially begins as the Corps of Discovery departs from where ?
Richmond, Virginia
Jackson, Mississippi
Lexington, Kentucky
St. Charles, Missouri
4. 1819 – "SS Savannah" leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to do what ?
Travel around Cape Horn
Cross the Atlantic
Visit Iceland
Search for the North West Passage
5. 1848 – Slavery is abolished on which island ?
Martinique
Bermuda
Cuba
Key West
6. 1849 – Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is issued a patent for an invention to do what task, making him the only U.S. President to ever hold a patent ?
Churn Butter
Lift Boats
Light Fires
Capture Rodents
7. 1915 – Three trains collide, killing 227 people, in the Quintinshill rail disaster near which British town ?
Ludlow, England
Carmarthen, Wales
Gretna Green, Scotland
Leatherhead, England
8. 1939 – World War II: Germany and Italy sign an agreement known as what ?
Pact of Steel
Pact of Iron
Pact of Stone
Pact of the Devil
9. 1942 – Which country enters World War II, joining the Allies ?
Brazil
Pakistan
New Zealand
Mexico
10. 1957 – South Africa's government approves of racial separation in what type of institution ?
Hospitals
Prisons
Universities
Military Bases
11. 1968 – The nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard, 400 miles southwest of which island group ?
Aleutian Islands
The Azores
Hawaii
Samoan Islands
12. 1987 – First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing which other nation at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand ?
England
Australia
Italy
France
13. 1994 – A worldwide trade embargo against which country goes into effect to punish its military rulers for not reinstating the country's ousted elected leader ?
Haiti
Grenada
Venezuela
Guatemala
14. 2015 – The Republic of Ireland becomes the first nation in the world to legalize what following a public referendum ?
Marijuana
Gay Marriage
Alcohol Consumption at 13 years
A Ban on Smoking in Public Areas
15. 2017 – Twenty-two people are killed at an Ariana Grande concert in which venue ?
The O2 Arena
Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Edinburgh Playhouse
Manchester Arena
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