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On This Day (November 25th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on November 25th?
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1. 1343 – A tsunami, caused by an earthquake in which sea, devastates the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places ?
Ligurian Sea
Ionic Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
Adriatic Sea
2. 1783 – American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave which city three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris ?
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
3. 1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become which King ?
King Oscar II
King Haakon VII
King Magnus VI
King Olav V
4. 1917 – World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army at Negomano on the border of which two modern-day countries ?
Zambia and Zimbabwe
Uganda and Rwanda
Kenya and Somalia
Mozambique and Tanzania
5. 1941 – HMS Barham is sunk by a German torpedo during World War II off the coast of which country ?
Denmark
Namibia
Egypt
Morocco
6. 1947 – The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios. For what reason ?
Alleged involvement with the Communist Party
Union membership
Alleged homosexuality
Demanding higher pay rates
7. 1952 – Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap, the longest continuously-running play in history, opens at which theatre in London ?
Globe Theatre
Ambassadors Theatre
Dominion Theatre
Lyceum Theatre
8. 1962 – Hironobu Sakaguchi, Japanese videogame designer is born. He is best known as the creator of which game series ?
Final Fantasy
Mortal Kombat
Grand Theft Auto
The Sims
9. 1973 – Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis in which country ?
Cyprus
Malta
Greece
Turkey
10. 1975 – Suriname gains independence from which nation ?
Netherlands
Belgium
United Kingdom
France
11. 1981 – Pope John Paul II appoints Cardinal Ratzinger "Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith". He would become which Pope ?
Pope Francis
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Pius XII
Pope Gregory XVII
12. 1984 – Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record which song in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia ?
"Everybody Wants To Run The World"
"Perfect Day"
"With a Little Help from My Friends"
"Do They Know It's Christmas?"
13. 1992 – The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from which date ?
December 31, 1992
November 25, 1992
January 1, 1993
April 1, 1993
14. 1999 – A 5-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating off the Florida coast on what type of inflatable ?
Beach Bed
Inner Tube
Childs Dinghy
Toy Dolphin
15. Which dessert is celebrated in the US on this day ?
National Parfait Day
National Baklava Day
National Boston Creme Pie Day
National Pots de Crème Day
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