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On This Day (May 4th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 4th ?
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1.
1471 – Wars of the Roses: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales at which battle ?
Battle of Tewkesbury
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Battle of Bosworth Field
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Battle of Mortimer's Cross
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Battle of Wakefield
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2.
1626 – Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland aboard the See Meeuw. What is New Netherland called today ?
Cape Cod
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Atlantic City
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Manhattan Island
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Nantucket Island
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3.
1776 – Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to which King ?
Edward IV
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Charles II
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James I
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George III
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4.
1814 – Emperor Napoleon arrives at Portoferraio on which island ?
Elba
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Corsica
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Lampedusa
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Capri
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5.
1859 – The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking Devon and Cornwall in England and spanning which river ?
Camel
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Avon
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Tamar
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Dart
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6.
1904 – The United States begins construction of what ?
Hoover Dam
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Panama Canal
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Erie Canal
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Mount Rushmore
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7.
1932 – Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion in which prison ?
Atlanta Penitentiary
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Alcatraz
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Sing Sing
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Fulsom
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1949 – The entire football team of which Italian city is killed in a plane crash ?
Verona
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Ancona
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Palermo
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Turin
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9.
1959 – Which annual awards ceremony is held for the first time ?
Oscars
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Golden Globe
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Grammy
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Bafta
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10.
1972 – The "Don't Make A Wave Committee", a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to what ?
Friends of the Earth
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Greenpeace
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World Wide Fund for Nature
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Marine Conservation Society
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11.
1982 – Twenty sailors from which British ship are killed when it is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War ?
RFA Sir Bedivere
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HMS Endurance
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SS Atlantic Conveyor
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HMS Sheffield
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12.
2000 – Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of which city ?
Glasgow
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Dublin
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London
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Sydney
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13.
1944 – Russi Taylor, American voice actress, is born. Which character did she mostly voice ?
Minnie Mouse
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Olive Oyl
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Wilma Flintstone
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Jane Jetson
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14.
2012 – Adam Yauch, American rapper and director, dies. What band was he a founding member of ?
Run DMC
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Beastie Boys
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Wu-Tang Clan
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The Sugarhill Gang
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15.
Today is a commemorative day observed by fans of which film franchise ?
Star Trek
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James Bond
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Harry Potter
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Star Wars
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