On This Day (September 25th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on September 25th ?
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1. 1066 – In the Battle of Stamford Bridge, the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King Harold II of England. The battle took place in which modern day English county ?
Lincolnshire
East Yorkshire
Greater London
Derbyshire
2. 1237 – England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of what ?
Ports suitable for International trade
Capital cities
Military bases
Border between the two countries
3. 1513 – Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as what ?
Pacific Ocean
Cape of Good Hope
Tristan da Cunha
Maldives
4. 1775 – American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture which city during the Battle of Longue-Pointe ?
Pondicherry
Savannah
Montreal
Gibraltar
5. 1868 – The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off the coast of which island while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia ?
Sakhalin
Jutland
Gotland
Crete
6. 1890 – The United States Congress establishes which National Park ?
Yosemite
Yellowstone
Glacier
Sequoia
7. 1906 – Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates what is considered to be the first use of a what ?
Opening Roof Window
Remote Control Device
Electric Toothbrush
Automatic Gearbox
8. 1915 – World War I: The Second Battle of which French province begins ?
Champagne
Loire
Brittany
Auvergne
9. 1955 – The Royal Air Force of which country is founded ?
United Kingdom
Cambodia
Morocco
Jordan
10. 1959 – Solomon Bandaranaike is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.He was the Prime Minister of which country ?
Malaysia
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
Vietnam
11. 1964 – Which country's War of Independence begins ?
Angola
Algeria
Mozambique
Indonesia
12. 1977 – About 4,200 people take part in the first running of which city's Marathon ?
Chicago
London
Boston
Berlin
13. 1981 – Which Central American country joins the United Nations ?
El Salvador
Panama
Honduras
Belize
14. 1983 – Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns escape from the Maze Prison. By what means ?
Helicopter
Hijacked food delivery truck
Climbed over the wall
Tunnelled into sewers
15. 2018 – Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for what crime ?
Sexual Assault
Fraud
Perjury
Tax Evasion
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