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On This Day (September 11th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on September 11th ?
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1. 1226 – The first recorded instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally begins in which city ?
Avignon
Rome
Tarragona
Constantinople
2. 1390 – The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of which city ?
Tallinn
Riga
Vilnius
Prague
3. 1609 – Henry Hudson discovers which island and the indigenous people living there ?
Long Island
Manhattan Island
Prince Edward Island
St. Pierre
4. 1709 – Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against which nation ?
Spain
Germany
Hungary
France
5. 1789 – Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of what ?
Agriculture
Defence
Treasury
Labor
6. 1792 – The Hope Diamond is stolen when six men break into the house where it is stored. What is the approximate weight of the diamond ?
45 carats
36 carats
58 carats
22 carats
7. 1914 – World War I: Which nation invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka ?
United Kingdom
Australia
France
Japan
8. 1919 – The United States Marine Corps invades which country ?
Honduras
El Salvador
Dominican Republic
Guatemala
9. 1922 – The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in which Australian city ?
Perth
Sydney
Adelaide
Melbourne
10. 1944 – World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near which city ?
Baden Baden
Aachen
Nordhorn
Saarbrucken
11. 1954 – Hurricane Edna hits which area of North America as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths ?
Florida Keys
Newfoundland
New England
Texas Coast
12. 1972 – Which city's Rapid Transit system begins passenger service ?
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Houston
Vancouver
13. 1989 – Hungary announces that the refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave. They were refugees from which country ?
Romania
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
East Germany
14. 2001 – The fourth plane involved in the September 11 terrorist attacks lands in a field near which Pennsylvania town ?
Shanksville
Seven Springs
Breezewood
Blairsville
15. 2012 – A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in which country ?
Bangladesh
India
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
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Level 54
Nov 28, 2020
how do you collect such a large information
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Level 78
Nov 28, 2020
I read a lot, and wikipedia is helpful ;)