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On This Day (October 30th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on October 30th?
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1. 758 – Which Chinese city is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates ?
Lhasa
Guangzhou
Luoyang
Xi'an
2. 1485 – Which English monarch is crowned, beginning the Tudor reign ?
King Henry VII
King Henry VIII
King Edward VI
King Richard III
3. 1806 – Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrenders the which city to 800 French soldiers ?
Warsaw
Austerlitz
Ansbach
Stettin
4. 1863 – Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in which city to assume his throne as George I ?
Sofia
London
Athens
Oslo
5. 1920 – Which former political party is founded in Sydney, Australia ?
Commonwealth Liberal Party
Communist Party of Australia
Australian Workers Party
Australia First Party
6. 1938 – Orson Welles broadcasts a radio play that causes anxiety in some of the audience in the United States. What was it called ?
War of the Worlds
The Time Machine
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Things to Come
7. 1942 – World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking what items from the sinking German submarine U-559 ?
Enigma Machine
Code Books
Injured Crew Members
Weapons and Ammunition
8. 1947 – The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of which organisation is founded ?
European Economic Community (EEC)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
9. 1961 – Which country detonates the "Tsar Bomba", the most powerful explosive device ever detonated ?
Soviet Union
USA
France
United Kingdom
10. 1974 – The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in which country ?
Rhodesia
Uganda
Kenya
Zaire
11. 1980 – Which two countries agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice ?
Costa Rica and Nicaragua
El Salvador and Honduras
Panama and Colombia
Guatemala and Honduras
12. 1983 – After seven years of military rule, the first democratic elections are held in which South American country ?
Argentina
Brazil
Bolivia
Ecuador
13. 1985 – Which Space Shuttle lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission ?
Columbia
Discovery
Challenger
Atlantis
14. 2014 – Which country is the first European Union member state to officially recognize the State of Palestine ?
United Kingdom
Malta
Germany
Sweden
15. 2015 – Sixty-four people are killed and more than 147 injuries after a fire in a nightclub in which European capital city ?
Budapest
Bucharest
Lisbon
Tallinn
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