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On This Day (October 17th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on October 17th?
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1. 1091 – A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of which city ?
Rome ✓
London ✓
Cairo ✓
Damascus ✓
2. 1456 – The University of Greifswald is established as the second oldest university in northern Europe. But in which modern day country ?
Germany ✓
Sweden ✓
Denmark ✓
Luxembourg ✓
3. 1610 – French king Louis XIII is crowned in the cathedral in which city ?
Lyon ✓
Toulouse ✓
Dijon ✓
Reims ✓
4. 1662 – Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to Louis XIV of France for how much ?
£1,000,000 ✓
£75,000 ✓
£40,000 ✓
£10,000 ✓
5. 1771 – The Premiere takes place in Milan of the opera "Ascanio in Alba", composed by Mozart at what age ?
15 ✓
22 ✓
31 ✓
12 ✓
6. 1800 – War of the Second Coalition: Britain takes control of which Dutch colony ?
Aruba ✓
Curaçao ✓
Sint Eustatius ✓
Bonaire ✓
7. 1814 – Eight people die in a flood of which liquid in London ?
Milk ✓
Molasses ✓
Beer ✓
Sewage ✓
8. 1860 – The first "The Open Championship" is held. (Referred to in North America as the British Open). But in which sport ?
Tennis ✓
Sailing ✓
Cricket ✓
Golf ✓
9. 1931 – Gangster Al Capone is convicted of which crime ?
Murder ✓
Extortion ✓
Income tax evasion ✓
Racketeering ✓
10. 1933 – Albert Einstein flees which country and moves to the United States ?
Germany ✓
Russia ✓
Poland ✓
Austria ✓
11. 1969 – The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in which Italian city ?
Florence ✓
Perugia ✓
Verona ✓
Palermo ✓
12. 1977 – The hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in which city shortly before the hostages are rescued ?
Djibouti ✓
Mogadishu ✓
Addis Ababa ✓
Mombasa ✓
13. 1992 – Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in which US city ?
Baton Rouge, Louisiana ✓
Boise, Idaho ✓
Jacksonville, Florida ✓
Nashville, Tennessee ✓
14. 2018 – The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in which country ?
Switzerland ✓
Ireland ✓
Canada ✓
New Zealand ✓
15. Today is celebrated as which food day in the US ?
National Taco Day ✓
National Pasta Day ✓
National Cheeseburger Day ✓
National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day ✓
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