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On This Day (October 24th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on October 24th?
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1. 1260 – Which French cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France ?
Chartres ✓
Reims ✓
Bourges ✓
Metz ✓
2. 1851 – William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting which planet ?
Saturn ✓
Neptune ✓
Uranus ✓
Jupiter ✓
3. 1857 – The world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England. What is it called ?
Port Vale FC ✓
Accrington Stanley FC ✓
Preston North End FC ✓
Sheffield FC ✓
4. 1889 – Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in which country ?
New Zealand ✓
Australia ✓
Canada ✓
South Africa ✓
5. 1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to do what ?
Go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive ✓
Climb the Matterhorn ✓
Trek the Appalachian trail from end to end ✓
Swim the English Channel unassisted ✓
6. 1926 – Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in which city ?
Los Angeles ✓
London ✓
Detroit ✓
Vancouver ✓
7. 1931 – Which bridge opens to public traffic over the Hudson River ?
Tappan Zee Bridge ✓
George Washington Bridge ✓
Mid-Hudson Bridge ✓
Rip Van Winkle Bridge ✓
8. 1947 – Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be what ?
Alcoholics ✓
Drug Addicts ✓
Homosexuals ✓
Communists ✓
9. 1964 – Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes which country ?
Zambia ✓
Zimbabwe ✓
Botswana ✓
Tanzania ✓
10. 1975 – In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of what ?
Global Warming ✓
Whaling ✓
Gender inequality ✓
Rising prices ✓
11. 1986 – Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to how many years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing of an El Al flight ?
70 years ✓
45 years ✓
30 years ✓
55 years ✓
12. 1992 – Which team become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series ?
Montreal Expos ✓
Toronto Maple Leafs ✓
Calgary Vipers ✓
Toronto Blue Jays ✓
13. 2003 – Concorde makes its last commercial flight. On which route ?
New York to London ✓
Washington to London ✓
Dubai to London ✓
New York to Paris ✓
14. 2004 – Arsenal FC loses ending an unbeaten run of 49 matches, which is the current record in the Premier League. Which team beat them ?
Chelsea ✓
Liverpool ✓
Manchester United ✓
Newcastle United ✓
15. 2015 – A driver crashes into the State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34 in which US state ?
Kentucky ✓
Oklahoma ✓
Tennessee ✓
Alabama ✓
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baptistegorce
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Level 54
Oct 24, 2020
Good luck for the end of the year!
toowise
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Level 78
Oct 24, 2020
Thank you ! I'm counting the days!
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