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On This Day (May 27th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 27th ?
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1. 1153 – Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland. What was his nickname ?
Virgo
The Unready
Fisherman
Axeman
2. 1703 – Tsar Peter the Great founds which city ?
Yekaterinburg
Vladivostok
Saint Petersburg
Kiev
3. 1798 – The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in which county of Ireland ?
Killarney
Donegal
Louth
Wexford
4. 1874 – The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves which city ?
Pretoria, South Africa
Adelaide, Australia
Windhoek. Namibia
Mombasa, Kenya
5. 1930 – Which building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public ?
Trump Building
Empire State Building
Comcast Building
Chrysler Building
6. 1933 – The Walt Disney Company releases which cartoon ?
Playful Pluto
Three Little Pigs
Old King Cole
The Ugly Duckling
7. 1941 – World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in which body of water ?
Bay of Biscay
Baltic Sea
North Atlantic
North Sea
8. 1960 – A military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office in which country ?
Greece
Uganda
Thailand
Turkey
9. 1975 – Dibbles Bridge coach crash kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom. In what county ?
North Yorkshire
Cumbria
Mid Lothian
Powys
10. 1984 – Which canal is opened after over 30 years construction ?
Kiel Canal
Marne–Rhine Canal
Danube - Black Sea Canal
Grand Canal d'Alsace
11. 1998 – Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for what ?
Supplying explosives
Failing to inform authorities about the attack
Supplying the truck
Hiding the bombers
12. 2016 – Barack Obama is the first president of United States to visit which place ?
Nuuk, Greenland
Johannesburg, South Africa
Alcatraz Island, USA
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Japan
13. 2017 – Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of which country ?
Canada
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Australia
14. 1922 – Christopher Lee, English actor, is born on this day. What character is he best known for portraying ?
Hercules Poirot
Count Dracula
Sherlock Holmes
Robin Hood
15. What food is celebrated on this day in the USA ?
National Coleslaw Day
National Waldorf Salad day
National Italian Beef Day
National Biscuits and Gravy Day
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