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On This Day (November 28th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on November 28th?
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1. 1582 – In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for what ?
Rent Deposit ✓
Marriage Licence ✓
Liqour Licence ✓
Theatre Plans ✓
2. 1811 – Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in which German city ?
Leipzig ✓
Berlin ✓
Munich ✓
Hamburg ✓
3. 1814 – Which publication becomes the first newspaper to be produced on a steam-powered printing press ?
London Illustrated News ✓
Manchester Guardian ✓
Times of London ✓
Yorkshire Post ✓
4. 1895 – The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately how many hours ?
Fifteen ✓
Twelve ✓
Eight ✓
Ten ✓
5. 1912 – Which country declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire ?
Bulgaria ✓
Hungary ✓
Albania ✓
Romania ✓
6. 1914 – World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, which Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading ?
London ✓
New York ✓
Frankfurt ✓
Moscow ✓
7. 1919 – Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. Which city did she represent ?
Portsmouth ✓
Oxford ✓
Chester ✓
Plymouth ✓
8. 1925 – The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting on WSM in Nashville, Tennessee, under what name ?
WSM Barn Dance ✓
WSM Country Roads ✓
WSM Country Music Hour ✓
WSM Cowboy Show ✓
9. 1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin meet in which city to discuss war strategy ?
Reykjavik ✓
Tehran ✓
Lisbon ✓
Cairo ✓
10. 1960 – Mauritania becomes independent of which country ?
Netherlands ✓
Portugal ✓
France ✓
United Kingdom ✓
11. 1966 – Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of which African country and makes himself the first president ?
Malawi ✓
Gabon ✓
Benin ✓
Burundi ✓
12. 1979 – Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over which land area, crashes, killing all 257 people on board ?
Antarctica ✓
Australian Outback ✓
South Island, New Zealand ✓
Easter Island ✓
13. 1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded by whom ?
Tony Blair ✓
Gordon Brown ✓
John Major ✓
James Callaghan ✓
14. 2002 – Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in which city ?
Lagos, Nigeria ✓
Adana, Turkey ✓
Victoria, Seychelles ✓
Mombasa, Kenya ✓
15. Which food is celebrated in the United States on this day ?
National French Toast Day ✓
Homemade Bread Day ✓
National Pepperoni Pizza Day ✓
National Cherry Pie Day ✓
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