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On This Day (November 21st) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on November 21st?
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1. 1676 – The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of what ?
Speed of Sound ✓
Speed of Light ✓
Distance to the Sun ✓
Diameter of the Moon ✓
2. 1789 – Which state ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state ?
North Carolina ✓
South Carolina ✓
West Virginia ✓
Maine ✓
3. 1905 – Which scientist's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, is published in the journal Annalen der Physik ?
J. Robert Oppenheimer ✓
Max Planck ✓
Albert Einstein ✓
Alexander Fleming ✓
4. 1910 – Sailors on board Brazil's warships violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata otherwise known as what ?
Bread Revolt ✓
Revolt at Sea ✓
Rum Revolt ✓
Revolt of the Lash ✓
5. 1918 – The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to do what in the UK ?
Vote ✓
Stand for Parliament ✓
Join the Armed Forces ✓
Attend Universities ✓
6. 1920 – Irish War of Independence: 31 people are killed in which city on a day that became known as "Bloody Sunday" ?
Belfast ✓
Cork ✓
Dublin ✓
Donegal ✓
7. 1922 – Rebecca Latimer Felton of which state takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator ?
Georgia ✓
Florida ✓
Louisiana ✓
Tennessee ✓
8. 1945 – The United Auto Workers strike at 92 General Motors plants in 50 cities to back up worker demands for a pay raise of what percentage ?
10% ✓
20% ✓
30% ✓
40% ✓
9. 1961 – The "La Ronde" restaurant opens, it is the first revolving restaurant in the United States. But in which city ?
New York ✓
Honolulu ✓
Seattle ✓
Dallas ✓
10. 1970 – Vietnam War: A joint USAF and Army team raids the Sơn Tây POW camp in an attempt to free Americans thought to be held there. It was known as what operation ?
Operation Ivory Coast ✓
Operation South Africa ✓
Operation Skeleton Coast ✓
Operation Sahara Desert ✓
11. 1995 – The Dayton Agreement is initialed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in which country ?
Nicaragua ✓
Lebanon ✓
Bosnia and Herzegovina ✓
Armenia ✓
12. 2004 – The second round of the presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity in which country ?
United States ✓
Argentina ✓
Sierra Leone ✓
Ukraine ✓
13. 2004 – The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of which country's external debt ?
Iraq ✓
Iran ✓
Venezuela ✓
Papua New Guinea ✓
14. 2013 – Fifty-four people are killed when the roof of a shopping center collapses in which European capital city ?
Lisbon ✓
Riga ✓
Oslo ✓
Ljubljana ✓
15. 2017 – Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after how many years in office ?
Thirty Seven ✓
Twenty Two ✓
Forty One ✓
Twenty Nine ✓
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