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On This Day (May 9th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 9th ?
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1. 1386 – England and which country formally ratify their alliance with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force ?
Portugal ✓
Spain ✓
Sweden ✓
Norway ✓
2. 1662 – The figure who later became which character makes his first recorded appearance in England ?
Winnie the Pooh ✓
Robin Hood ✓
Mr. Punch ✓
Guy Fawkes ✓
3. 1671 – Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal what from the Tower of London ?
Gold Bars ✓
Crown Jewels ✓
Bag of Wheat ✓
Peacocks ✓
4. 1726 – Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn. What was a "Molly House" ?
Salesroom for Stolen Goods ✓
Brothel ✓
Meeting Place for Homosexuals ✓
Labour Union Offices ✓
5. 1874 – The first horsebus makes its début in which city ?
Sydney ✓
Mumbai ✓
London ✓
New York ✓
6. 1887 – Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in which city ?
London ✓
San Francisco ✓
Toronto ✓
Paris ✓
7. 1904 – The steam locomotive "City of Truro" becomes the first steam engine in Europe to do what ?
Travel from London to Manchester Non-stop ✓
Pull over 10 coaches ✓
Cross the Forth Bridge ✓
Exceed 100 mph ✓
8. 1941 – World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. What was on board ?
High Ranking Officials ✓
Enigma Machine ✓
Plans for Invasion ✓
Captured POWs ✓
9. 1945 – World War II: The German occupation of where comes to an end ?
Sicily ✓
Norway ✓
Channel Islands ✓
Greece ✓
10. 1958 – Which Alfred Hitchcock film has it's world premiere in San Francisco ?
Vertigo ✓
North by North West ✓
The Birds ✓
Dial M for Murder ✓
11. 1977 – Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries in which city ?
Gdansk ✓
Nairobi ✓
Amsterdam ✓
Macau ✓
12. 1980 – Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over which body of water ?
Hudson River ✓
Tampa Bay ✓
Chesapeake Bay ✓
Penobscot Narrows ✓
13. 2002 – The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity comes to an end in which Israeli town ?
Bethlehem ✓
Gaza ✓
Be'er Sheva ✓
Nazareth ✓
14. 1860 – J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright is born. He is best known for the creation of which character ?
Thomas the Tank Engine ✓
Gulliver ✓
Alice ✓
Peter Pan ✓
15. Today is celebrated as the "Anniversary of Dianetics" by which church ?
Seventh-day Adventist Church ✓
Church of Scientology ✓
Church and School of Wicca ✓
Church of Satan ✓
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