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On This Day (October 1st) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on October 1st?
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1. 959 – Edgar becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwig. He is known as Edgar the ....what ?
Stupid ✓
Peaceful ✓
Flamboyant ✓
Graceful ✓
2. 1795 – More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands are annexed by Revolutionary France. Which of these countries was part of the Austrian Netherlands ?
Belgium ✓
Poland ✓
Switzerland ✓
Austria ✓
3. 1800 – Spain cedes Louisiana to France, which would sell the land to the United States thirty months later for how much per square mile ?
$25 ✓
$3 ✓
$18 ✓
$57 ✓
4. 1843 – The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London, UK. In what year did it cease publication ?
2015 ✓
2009 ✓
2004 ✓
2011 ✓
5. 1908 – Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at what price ?
$995 ✓
$825 ✓
$550 ✓
$765 ✓
6. 1931 – Which New York bridge is opened ?
George Washington Bridge ✓
Brooklyn Bridge ✓
Robert F. Kennedy Bridge ✓
Henry Hudson Bridge ✓
7. 1939 – World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy which Polish city ?
Gdansk ✓
Warsaw ✓
Krakow ✓
Katowice ✓
8. 1940 – Which road, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic ?
Pocahontas Parkway ✓
Delaware Turnpike ✓
Pennsylvania Turnpike ✓
Garden State Parkway ✓
9. 1957 – First appearance of what on U.S. paper currency ?
White House ✓
Pyramid and Eye ✓
Signature of the Secretary of the Treasury ✓
"In God We Trust" ✓
10. 1964 – Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to which other city ?
Sendai ✓
Osaka ✓
Kyoto ✓
Fukuoka ✓
11. 1971 – Which amusement park opens near Orlando, Florida ?
Walt Disney World ✓
Universal Studios ✓
Sea World ✓
Legoland ✓
12. 1975 – Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in which city ?
Las Vegas ✓
Kinshasa ✓
Manila ✓
London ✓
13. 1979 – The rapid transit railway system known as "The MTR" opens in which city ?
Hong Kong ✓
Mumbai ✓
Melbourne ✓
Rio de Janiero ✓
14. 1989 – Denmark introduces the world's first legal what ?
Cannabis Superstore ✓
Same-Sex partnership ✓
Internet Cafe ✓
Adult TV channel ✓
15. 2017 – An independence referendum takes place in which region ?
Scotland ✓
Tasmania ✓
Catalonia ✓
Corsica ✓
WelshWizard
+1
Level 83
Oct 1, 2021
Luxembourg was also part of the Austrian Netherlands.
toowise
+2
Level 78
Oct 1, 2021
Thanks, altered the question a little.
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