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On This Day (October 10th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on October 10th?
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1. 1471 – Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark after enlisting the help of farmers and which other occupation ?
Shopkeepers ✓
Miners ✓
Fishermen ✓
Blacksmiths ✓
2. 1580 – Over 600 Papal troops land in which country to support the Second Desmond Rebellion ?
Ireland ✓
England ✓
Malta ✓
Cyprus ✓
3. 1845 – The Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students in which city ?
Norfolk, Virginia ✓
Charleston, South Carolina ✓
Annapolis, Maryland ✓
New Haven, Connecticut ✓
4. 1846 – Which moon of the planet Neptune is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell ?
Proteus ✓
Thalassa ✓
Hippocamp ✓
Triton ✓
5. 1868 – The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in which country ?
Colombia ✓
Argentina ✓
Cuba ✓
El Salvador ✓
6. 1918 – RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564 people, the worst-ever loss of life in which body of water ?
Bay of Biscay ✓
Irish Sea ✓
Arabian Sea ✓
Baltic Sea ✓
7. 1920 – The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of which country ?
Austria ✓
Greece ✓
Turkey ✓
Romania ✓
8. 1957 – U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a restaurant in which state ?
Indiana ✓
California ✓
Florida ✓
Delaware ✓
9. 1957 – The Windscale fire results in the worst nuclear accident in which country ?
France ✓
United States ✓
United Kingdom ✓
Brazil ✓
10. 1964 – The Summer Olympics opening ceremony in which city is the first to be relayed live by satellites ?
Tokyo ✓
London ✓
Sydney ✓
Los Angeles ✓
11. 1966 – The Beach Boys release one of their biggest singles, ranked the 6th greatest song by Rolling Stone magazine. What was the song ?
California Girls ✓
Good Vibrations ✓
Barbara Ann ✓
Fun Fun Fun ✓
12. 1975 – Which Oceanian country joins the United Nations ?
Australia ✓
New Zealand ✓
Papua New Guinea ✓
Samoa ✓
13. 1980 – The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in which country ?
Cuba ✓
Sierra Leone ✓
Nepal ✓
El Salvador ✓
14. 2015 – Twin bomb blasts kill 102 and injure 400 in which Turkish city ?
Ankara ✓
Istanbul ✓
Adana ✓
Izmir ✓
15. 1947 – Martin Austin Ruane a.k.a.Giant Haystacks, English wrestler is born in London. Under what name did he wrestle in The US and Canada ?
Big Daddy ✓
Loch Ness Monster ✓
Count Bartelli ✓
The Yeti ✓
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