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On This Day (May 23rd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 23rd ?
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1. 1430 – Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to raise the Siege of where ?
Orleans ✓
Compiegne ✓
Reims ✓
Avignon ✓
2. 1533 – The marriage of King Henry VIII to which wife is declared null and void ?
Catherine of Aragon ✓
Jane Seymour ✓
Catherine Howard ✓
Anne of Cleves ✓
3. 1701 – After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, which "pirate" is hanged in London ?
Blackbeard (Edward Teach) ✓
Old Captain Crackers (John Leadstone) ✓
Captain Kidd (William Kidd) ✓
Calico Jack (John Rackham) ✓
4. 1829 – A patent is granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire for his invention of which musical instrument ?
Harmonica ✓
Accordian ✓
Pipe Organ ✓
Cymbals ✓
5. 1846 – President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on which country ?
Spain ✓
Nicaragua ✓
Cuba ✓
United States ✓
6. 1934 – Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in which state ?
Louisiana ✓
Mississippi ✓
Missouri ✓
Alabama ✓
7. 1945 – World War II: Which German leader commits suicide while in Allied custody ?
Joseph Goebbels ✓
Adolf Eichmann ✓
Heinrich Himmler ✓
Hermann Göring ✓
8. 1948 – Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in which city ?
Muscat, Oman ✓
Jerusalem, Israel ✓
Ankara, Turkey ✓
Cairo, Egypt ✓
9. 1960 – A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people on which island ?
Hawaii ✓
Galapagos Islands ✓
Easter Island ✓
Fiji ✓
10. 1995 – The first version of which programming language is released ?
Python ✓
Squirrel ✓
Datalog ✓
Java ✓
11. 1998 – The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in which part of the UK with roughly 75% voting yes ?
Wales ✓
Northern Ireland ✓
Scotland ✓
England ✓
12. 2013 – A freeway bridge carrying which road over the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington ?
Interstate 10 ✓
Interstate 40 ✓
Interstate 5 ✓
Interstate 25 ✓
13. 2015 – At least 46 people are killed as a result of what caused by a tornado in Texas and Oklahoma ?
Floods ✓
Power Outage ✓
Fire ✓
Gas Explosion ✓
14. 1933 – Joan Collins, English actress, is born in which part of London ?
Notting Hill ✓
Hendon ✓
Lea Valley ✓
Paddington ✓
15. What food is celebrated on this day in the USA ?
Taffy Candy ✓
Cheeseburger ✓
Lobster ✓
Toast ✓
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