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On This Day (October 23rd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on October 23rd?
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1. 425 – Valentinian III is elevated as Roman emperor at what age ?
Twelve
Six
Four
Nineteen
2. 1295 – The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between which two countries against England is signed in Paris ?
Scotland and Ireland
Ireland and France
Scotland and France
Wales and Ireland
3. 1642 – The Battle of Edgehill is the first major battle of the English Civil War. In which traditional English county is Edgehill ?
Warwickshire
Staffordshire
Lancashire
Shropshire
4. 1812 – A French general begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon, claiming that the Emperor died in which country ?
Prussia
Saxony
Sweden
Russia
5. 1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight on which continent ?
Asia
South America
Europe
Africa
6. 1939 – The Japanese twin-engine Mitsubishi G4M bomber makes its maiden flight. What was it's Allied reporting name ?
Goergie
Betty
Caroline
Bridget
7. 1955 – The people of the Saar region vote in a referendum to unite with which country instead of France ?
Germany
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Spain
8. 1958 – Canada's Springhill mining disaster kills seventy-five miners, while ninety-nine others are rescued in which province ?
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Alberta
9. 1970 – Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in an automobile called the Blue Flame, it is powered by which fuel ?
Methane
Hydrogen
Natural Gas
Propane
10. 1982 – A gunfight breaks out between police officers and members of a religious cult in Arizona. What was the cult's name ?
Branch Davidians
Amica Temple of Radiance
New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn
Christ Miracle Healing Center and Church
11. 1989 – Bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine; the biggest bankruptcy in the Nordic countries up until then. What was it's core business ?
Cartography
Ship Building
Exploration
Ferries
12. 1993 – The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in which city, killing the bomber and nine civilians ?
Belfast
Londonderry
Omagh
Dublin
13. 2002 – Terrorists from which region seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage ?
Siberia
Abkhazia
Chechnya
Kurdistan
14. 2012 – After 38 years, the world's first teletext service ceases broadcast. Which TV company ran the service ?
France Télévisions
British Broadcasting Corporation
Televisión Española
Nordic Entertainment Group
15. Today is celebrated as what in the USA ?
National Boston Creme Pie Day
National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day
National Cinnamon Roll Day
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