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On This Day (November 3rd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on November 3rd?
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1. 1333 – The River Arno flooding caused massive damage in which Italian city as recorded by the chronicler Giovanni Villani ?
Florence
Verona
Perugia
Bari
2. 1493 – Christopher Columbus first sights which island in the Caribbean Sea ?
St. Lucia
Grenada
Dominica
Hispaniola
3. 1838 – The world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. What is it called nowadays ?
The Indian Times
The Times of India
The Mumbai Daily Times
The News of India
4. 1881 – The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in which country ?
Uruguay
Bolivia
Venezuela
Chile
5. 1911 – Which motor manufacturer officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T ?
Lincoln
Buick
Duesenberg
Chevrolet
6. 1918 – The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in which city ?
Bremerhaven
Kiel
Hamburg
Wilhelmshaven
7. 1943 – World War II: Five hundred aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate which harbour in Germany ?
Wilhelmshaven
Bremerhaven
Kiel
Hamburg
8. 1957 – Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named what ?
Laika
Rex
Tsarina
Tovarich
9. 1973 – Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward which planet ?
Venus
Mercury
Jupiter
Saturn
10. 1978 – Dominica gains its independence from which nation ?
France
Spain
United Kingdom
Netherlands
11. 1979 – Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen during a "Death to the Klan" rally in which city ?
Augusta, Georgia
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Huntsville, Alabama
Greensboro, North Carolina
12. 1986 – The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands independence from which country ?
United States
Australia
United Kingdom
France
13. 1997 – The United States imposes economic sanctions against which country in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens ?
North Korea
Sudan
Venezuela
Albania
14. 2019 – McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook is fired for what reason ?
Buying sub standard produce
Selling company secrets
Having a relationship with an employee
Internal company politics
15. Today is celebrated as Mothers Day in which Asian country ?
Thailand
Laos
Bhutan
East Timor
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