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On This Day (September 3rd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on September 3rd ?
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1. 301 – Which of the small European nations that are still in existence is founded ?
San Marino ✓
Liechtenstein ✓
Andorra ✓
Monaco ✓
2. 1189 – Richard I of England is crowned at Westminster. What was he also known as ?
Richard the Crookback ✓
Old Coppernose ✓
Richard the Lionheart ✓
Richard the Eloquent ✓
3. 1411 – The Treaty of Selymbria is concluded between the Ottoman Empire and which republic of the time ?
Republic of Genoa ✓
Republic of Venice ✓
Novgorod Republic ✓
Republic of Noli ✓
4. 1798 – The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of which country ?
Belize ✓
Bahamas ✓
Barbados ✓
Cuba ✓
5. 1802 – Which poet composes the sonnet "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802" ?
Samuel Coleridge ✓
Lord Byron ✓
William Wordsworth ✓
Thomas Hardy ✓
6. 1812 – Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in which state ?
Massachusetts ✓
Wyoming ✓
Nebraska ✓
Indiana ✓
7. 1875 – The first official game of polo is played in which country after being introduced by British ranchers ?
Argentina ✓
New Zealand ✓
India ✓
South Africa ✓
8. 1878 – Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat "Princess Alice" collides with the "Bywell Castle" in which river ?
Mississippi ✓
Thames ✓
Seine ✓
Ganges ✓
9. 1914 – William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to what ?
Illness ✓
Threat of imprisonment ✓
Opposition to his rule ✓
His stance on war ✓
10. 1933 – Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak. It is now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in which country ?
Kyrgyzstan ✓
Tajikistan ✓
Russia ✓
Turkmenistan ✓
11. 1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell becomes the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph. Where did it happen ?
Daytona Beach, USA ✓
Pendine Sands, UK ✓
Lake Eyre, Australia ✓
Bonneville Salt Flats, USA ✓
12. 1942 – World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva. Lakhva is in which present-day country ?
Belarus ✓
Ukraine ✓
Latvia ✓
Poland ✓
13. 1950 – "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning which Grand Prix ?
British ✓
Swiss ✓
Italian ✓
French ✓
14. 1967 – Today was known as "Dagen H" in Sweden. What happened on "Dagen H" ?
Hydro-electric power exceeded fossil fuel power for the first time ✓
Traffic changed from driving on the left to driving on the right. ✓
Start of extra taxes to cover health care ✓
End of a ban on strong alcoholic liquor ✓
15. 1987 – In a coup d'état, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya in which African country ?
Gabon ✓
Malawi ✓
Togo ✓
Burundi ✓
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