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On This Day (November 20th) Multiple Choice
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1.
1194 – Which Italian city is conquered by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor ?
Cagliari
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Bari
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Taranto
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Palermo
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1789 – Which state becomes the first in the U.S. to ratify the Bill of Rights ?
New Jersey
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Maryland
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Virginia
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Delaware
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1805 – Which composer's only opera, "Fidelio", premieres in Vienna ?
Mozart
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Beethoven
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Haydn
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Schubert
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1820 – An 80-ton sperm whale attacks and sinks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of which continent ?
North America
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Africa
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South America
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Europe
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1917 – World War I: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back in which battle that started on this day ?
Battle of Cambrai
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Battle of Amiens
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Battle of Verdun
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Battle of Vimy Ridge
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1940 – World War II: Which country becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers ?
Romania
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Albania
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Czechoslovakia
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Hungary
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1945 – Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice in which city ?
Berlin
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Nuremberg
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The Hague
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Brussels
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1947 – The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in London. Philip becomes known by what title ?
Prince of Wales
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Duke of Cornwall
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Duke of Edinburgh
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Prince Regent
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1969 – Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11 in which year ?
1971
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1970
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1972
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1973
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1974 – The first fatal crash of a Boeing 747 occurs when Lufthansa Flight 540 crashes while attempting to takeoff from which airport ?
Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, India
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Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya
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Sydney Airport, Sydney, Australia
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Jorge Chavez International Airport, Lima, Peru
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1989 – The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million in an event known as what ?
Silk Revolution
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Taffeta Revolution
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Denim Revolution
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Velvet Revolution
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1990 – Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, is arrested. What was one of his nicknames ?
Vladivostok Ripper
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Butcher of Rostov
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Murmansk Maniac
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The Slasher of Irkutsk
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1992 – In England, a fire breaks out in which royal residence, badly damaging the building and causing over £50 million worth of damage ?
Windsor Castle
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Balmoral Castle
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Sandringham
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Osborne House
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2015 – Following a hostage siege, at least 19 people are killed in Bamako, Mali. What was the name of the hotel involved ?
Hôtel l’Amitié
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Azalai Hotel
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Radisson Blu Hotel
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Onomo Hotel
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2018 – The general assembly of Interpol elects Vanuatu and Kiribati as new members, but rejects which country ?
Suriname
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Kosovo
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Guinea-Bissau
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Yemen
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