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On This Day (November 16th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on November 16th?
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1. 1272 – While travelling during the 9th Crusade, Prince Edward becomes King upon Henry III of England's death. It takes him how long to return and assume the throne ?
Six months ✓
One year ✓
Two years ✓
Fourteen months ✓
2. 1776 – American Revolution: The United Provinces recognize the independence of the US. What modern day country did the United Provinces become ?
Germany ✓
Netherlands ✓
Switzerland ✓
Spain ✓
3. 1793 – French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning in which French city ?
Nantes ✓
Reims ✓
Toulouse ✓
Rennes ✓
4. 1822 – American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in New Mexico, over a route that became known by what name ?
Oregon Trail ✓
Southern Emigrant Trail ✓
Old Spanish Trail ✓
Santa Fe Trail ✓
5. 1871 – Which civil rights advocacy group receives its charter from New York State ?
American Land Rights Association ✓
National Rifle Association ✓
Coalition for Public Safety ✓
Worker Rights Consortium ✓
6. 1907 – Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania, sister ship of RMS Lusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to where ?
New York, USA ✓
Durban, South Africa ✓
Bombay, India ✓
Perth, Australia ✓
7. 1916 – Daws Butler, American voice actor and singer is born. He was the voice of which cartoon character ?
Daffy Duck ✓
Yogi Bear ✓
Yosemite Sam ✓
Fred Flintstone ✓
8. 1920 – Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded under what name ?
Queensland Australia Northern Transit Airlines Service ✓
Quick And Not Tardy Air Service ✓
Queensland Airlines New Travel Authority System ✓
Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services ✓
9. 1938 – LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in which Swiss city ?
Bern ✓
Basel ✓
Lucerne ✓
Lausanne ✓
10. 1940 – World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs which city ?
Dresden ✓
Stuttgart ✓
Hamburg ✓
Potsdam ✓
11. 1945 – Which United Nations organisation is founded ?
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) ✓
Universal Postal Union (UPU) ✓
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ✓
International Maritime Organization (IMO) ✓
12. 1979 – The first line of which city's Metro system is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semanatoarea ?
Dubai, UAE ✓
Johannesburg, South Africa ✓
Lima, Peru ✓
Bucharest, Romania ✓
13. 1990 – Which pop group are stripped of their Grammy Award because they did not sing at all on their album ?
Pepsi and Shirley ✓
Milli Vanilli ✓
New Kids on the Block ✓
Bros ✓
14. 1992 – The Hoxne Hoard (largest find of Roman silver and gold discovered in UK) is discovered by Eric Lawes in the village of Hoxne in which English county ?
Kent ✓
Cheshire ✓
Suffolk ✓
Northumberland ✓
15. 2010 – Which iconic group release their back catalogue on iTunes ?
The Beatles ✓
The Rolling Stones ✓
Doors ✓
Grateful Dead ✓
KingEureka
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Level 62
Nov 16, 2020
Finally got to my Birthday one :P
toowise
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Level 78
Nov 16, 2020
Happy Birthday ! a day after mine !
KingEureka
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Level 62
Nov 18, 2020
Oh that's cool. Happy Belated bday to you!
toowise
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Level 78
Nov 18, 2020
Thank you !
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