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On This Day (September 24th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on September 24th ?
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1. 787 – Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles in which religious building ?
Monastery of Paromeos, Egypt
Hagia Sophia, Turkey
Church of the Nativity, Palestine
Basilica di San Lorenzo, Italy
2. 1645 – The Battle of Rowton Heath is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded by King Charles. In which English county is Rowton Heath ?
Cheshire
Lincolnshire
Norfolk
Devon
3. 1830 – A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of which country ?
Austria
Denmark
Belgium
San Marino
4. 1852 – The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to which nearby village ?
Brie Comte Robert
Cergy
Ozoir la Ferriere
Trappes
5. 1890 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces what practice ?
Pre Marital "Activities"
Drinking Alcohol
Polygamy
Drinking Coffee and Tea
6. 1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims which natural landmark as the nation's first National Monument ?
Niagara Falls
Devil's Tower
Grand Canyon
Old Faithful Geyser
7. 1911 – His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight from which town ?
Barrow in Furness
Middlesbrough
Great Yarmouth
Hastings
8. 1946 – Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in which city ?
Shanghai
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Sydney
9. 1948 – Which major Japanese motor vehicle manufacturing company is founded ?
Mitsubishi
Honda
Toyota
Nissan
10. 1960 – The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched. What was it's name ?
HMS Ark Royal
Novorossiysk
Charles de Gaulle
USS Enterprise
11. 1972 – Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in which city ?
Lahore, Pakistan
Bombay, India
Madrid, Spain
Mexico City, Mexico
12. 1973 – Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from which nation ?
Portugal
Spain
France
United Kingdom
13. 1996 – Representatives of how many nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations ?
35
107
71
129
14. 2007 – Which team wins the first ever T20 International Cricket World Cup ?
India
West Indies
Australia
South Africa
15. 2008 – Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of which African nation ?
Democratic Republic of Congo
Malawi
Ghana
South Africa
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