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On This Day (October 11th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on October 11th?
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1. 1138 – A massive earthquake, said to be one of the most destructive ever, strikes Which Middle eastern city ?
Jericho ✓
Qom ✓
Aden ✓
Aleppo ✓
2. 1614 – The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now which region ?
Northeastern United States ✓
Indochina ✓
Central America ✓
Southern Africa ✓
3. 1811 – The "Juliana" begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in which harbour ?
Hong Kong ✓
New York ✓
Sydney ✓
Poole ✓
4. 1840 – The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to which island in exile ?
Cyprus ✓
Socotra ✓
Malta ✓
Mauritius ✓
5. 1852 – Australia's oldest university is inaugurated in which city ?
Melbourne ✓
Brisbane ✓
Adelaide ✓
Sydney ✓
6. 1865 – Hundreds of black men and women march starting the Morant Bay rebellion in which Caribbean nation ?
Jamaica ✓
Haiti ✓
Dominica ✓
Grenada ✓
7. 1906 – San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering what ?
Return of Japanese merchandise ✓
Segregated schools for Japanese students ✓
Ban on Japanese immigration ✓
Impounding of Japanese vessels ✓
8. 1918 – The San Fermín earthquake shakes which island ?
Hispaniola ✓
Honshu ✓
Puerto Rico ✓
Sardinia ✓
9. 1958 – NASA launches its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit. What was it called ?
Explorer 1 ✓
Discovery 1 ✓
Pilgrim 1 ✓
Pioneer 1 ✓
10. 1962 – The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in how many years ?
92 ✓
156 ✓
51 ✓
284 ✓
11. 1972 – What occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam ?
UFO sighting ✓
Race Riot ✓
Galley Fire ✓
Mass Suicide ✓
12. 1976 – Which historical figure is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies ?
Abraham Lincoln ✓
Benjamin Franklin ✓
George Washington ✓
Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓
13. 1984 – Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into what upon landing in Omsk, Russia ?
Another Airplane ✓
Maintenance Vehicles ✓
Herd of Cattle ✓
Terminal Building ✓
14. 1986 – Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe. Where did they meet ?
Nuuk, Greenland ✓
Torshaven, Faroe Islands ✓
Cork, Ireland ✓
Reykjavik, Iceland ✓
15. Today is celebrated in the USA as what day ?
National Sausage Pizza Day ✓
National Hot Mulled Cider Day ✓
National Corned Beef Hash Day ✓
National TV Dinner Day ✓
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