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On This Day (November 30th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on November 30th?
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1. 1786 – The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish what ?
Slavery
Death Penalty
Taxes on Food
Piracy
2. 1803 – The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against which disease in Spanish America and the Philippines ?
Tuberculosis
Measles
Smallpox
Mumps
3. 1853 – The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in which modern day country ?
Turkey
Georgia
Ukraine
Bulgaria
4. 1868 – A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in the Kungsträdgården, a park in which Swedish city ?
Gothenburg
Malmo
Karlstad
Stockholm
5. 1872 – The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and which other nation ?
France
Ireland
England
Wales
6. 1886 – Which Parisian cabaret music hall stages its first revue ?
Moulin Rouge
Folies Bergere
Le Chat Noir
Le Lido
7. 1934 – The LNER Class A3 4472 becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph. By what name is it better known ?
Flying Scotsman
Mallard
Union of South Africa
City of Truro
8. 1954 – The Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in which city in Alabama ?
Demopolis
Evergreen
Sylacauga
Muscle Shoals
9. 1966 – Which Caribbean nation becomes independent from the United Kingdom ?
Bahamas
Barbados
Jamaica
St Kitts and Nevis
10. 1979 – Which of Pink Floyd's albums is released on this day ?
The Wall
Wish You Were Here
Dark Side of the Moon
Animals
11. 1994 – The cruise ship MS Achille Lauro catches fire off the coast of which country ?
Malaysia
Brazil
New Zealand
Somalia
12. 1999 – Which two oil companies sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating the world's largest company ?
Shell and BP
Exxon and Mobil
Petronas and Total
China National Petroleum and Reliance Industries
13. 2001 – Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders in the USA. By what nickname was he notoriously known ?
Green River Killer
Vampire of Sacramento
Woodward Corridor Killer
Kansas City Butcher
14. 2005 – John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of where ?
Canterbury
Lincoln
York
Salisbury
15. 2018 – A magnitude 7.0 earthquake with its epicenter only 15 miles from which US city causes significant property damage but no deaths ?
Reno, Nevada
Hilo, Hawaii
Bozeman, Montana
Anchorage, Alaska
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