On This Day (May 30th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 30th ?
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1. 1381 – Beginning of which revolt in England ?
Peasant's Revolt
Beekeeper's Revolt
Guardsman's Revolt
Farmer's Revolt
2. 1539 – In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with what goal ?
Capture Slaves
Find Gold
Claim Lands
Deceive Pirates
3. 1815 – The East Indiaman "Arniston" is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, in which present-day country
Namibia
Madagascar
Mozambique
South Africa
4. 1842 – John Francis attempts to murder which person on Constitution Hill in London ?
Queen Victoria
Edgar Allan poe
Prince Albert
Charles Darwin
5. 1883 – A stampede kills twelve people at the opening of which New York City landmark ?
Statue of Liberty
Central Park
Brooklyn Bridge
Metropolitan Museum of Art
6. 1911 – At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in which car becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race ?
Lozier
Marmon
Mercedes
Stutz
7. 1937 – Memorial Day massacre: Police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators in which city ?
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York
Miami
8. 1942 – World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on which German city ?
Berlin
Frankfurt
Hannover
Cologne
9. 1943 – Who becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp ?
Rudolf Höss
Josef Mengele
Max Gebhardt
Josef Kramer
10. 1959 – Which bridge crossing a harbour is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham ?
Auckland Harbour Bridge, New Zealand
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia
Halifax Harbour Bridge, Canada
Inner Harbour Bridge, Copenhagen, Denmark
11. 1967 – The Eastern Region of which country declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war ?
Sudan
Ethiopia
Senegal
Nigeria
12. 1971 – Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of which heavenly body ?
Venus
Mars
The Moon
Earth
13. 1972 – Which militant group goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom ?
Walsall Anarchists
King Mob
The Angry Brigade
First of May Group
14. 1982 – Which country joins NATO ?
Portugal
Spain
Greece
Mexico
15. 2013 – Nigeria passes a law banning what ?
Same Sex Marraige
Tobacco Advertising
Importation of Second Hand Vehicles
Marijuana Production
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