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On This Day (November 26th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on November 26th?
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Last updated: November 26, 2020
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1. 1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit which island ?
Niʻihau ✓
Maui ✓
Oʻahu ✓
Molokaʻi ✓
2. 1805 – Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct over the River Dee. Which British canal it is on ?
Llangollen Canal ✓
Shropshire Union Canal ✓
Leeds and Liverpool Canal ✓
Grand Union Canal ✓
3. 1825 – At Union College in Schenectady, New York, a group of college students form the first college social fraternity. What was it called ?
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Society ✓
Alpha Phi Alpha Society ✓
Sigma Pi Society ✓
Kappa Alpha Society ✓
4. 1917 – Which UK newspaper publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France ?
London Illustrated News ✓
Sunday Telegraph ✓
Manchester Guardian ✓
Daily Mirror ✓
5. 1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of which Pharaoh in over 3000 years ?
Tutankhamun ✓
Ramesses III ✓
Sekhemkhet ✓
Darius II ✓
6. 1942 – Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and which actress, premieres in New York City ?
Lauren Bacall ✓
Ingrid Bergman ✓
Katharine Hepburn ✓
Mary Astor ✓
7. 1944 – World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people. What was the shop ?
Marks and Spencer ✓
Boots Pharmacy ✓
Woolworth's ✓
Co-operative Society ✓
8. 1944 – World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on which Belgian city ?
Brussels ✓
Charleroi ✓
Gent ✓
Antwerp ✓
9. 1965 – Which country launches Asterix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster ?
United Kingdom ✓
Canada ✓
France ✓
China ✓
10. 1977 – An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over which of Britain's Regional television stations for six minutes ?
Anglia TV ✓
Southern TV ✓
Granada TV ✓
Tyne Tees TV ✓
11. 1983 – 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at which UK airport ?
Heathrow ✓
Gatwick ✓
Prestwick ✓
East Midlands ✓
12. 1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the parliament of which other nation ?
France ✓
Spain ✓
Norway ✓
Ireland ✓
13. 2003 – The Concorde makes its final flight over which English city ?
Manchester ✓
Bristol ✓
York ✓
Norwich ✓
14. 2011 – NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a check post in a friendly fire incident. The checkpoint belonged to which nation ?
Pakistan ✓
Iran ✓
Uzbekistan ✓
Tajikistan ✓
15. 2018 – The robotic probe Insight lands on which planet ?
Venus ✓
Mercury ✓
Mars ✓
Neptune ✓
1ProximaCentauri
+1
Level 55
Nov 26, 2020
You forgot to add 26/11/2008. The day when the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks happened :(
toowise
+1
Level 78
Nov 26, 2020
I considered putting that event in, but to be honest, I'm trying not to put too much negative and tragic news. I can't put in every event as there would be hundreds of questions, so I have to be selective.
1ProximaCentauri
+1
Level 55
Nov 26, 2020
Oh. Understood
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