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On This Day (September 9th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on September 9th ?
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1. 1087 – William Rufus becomes King of England, taking the title William II, he reigned until which year ?
1095 ✓
1100 ✓
1126 ✓
1105 ✓
2. 1543 – Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in which Scottish town ?
Stirling ✓
Dundee ✓
Dumfries ✓
Hawick ✓
3. 1845 – Possible start of the Great Potato Famine in which country ?
Russia ✓
Sweden ✓
Ireland ✓
Denmark ✓
4. 1850 – Which state is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state ?
Oregon ✓
Washington ✓
Idaho ✓
California ✓
5. 1892 – The third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard. What is it called ?
Amalthea ✓
Europa ✓
Ganymede ✓
Io ✓
6. 1914 – World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army. By what nickname was it also known ?
The Canuke Brigade ✓
Brutinel's Brigade ✓
Canadian Cab Company ✓
Wheels Platoon ✓
7. 1924 – The Hanapepe massacre occurs on which Hawaiian island ?
Oʻahu ✓
Molokai ✓
Kauaʻi ✓
Maui ✓
8. 1942 – World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on which state ?
Oregon ✓
Washington ✓
Nevada ✓
New Mexico ✓
9. 1943 – World War II: The Allies land near Salerno and which other Italian city ?
Brindisi ✓
Agrigento ✓
Taranto ✓
Pescara ✓
10. 1956 – Who appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time ?
Elvis Presley ✓
Buddy Holly ✓
Bing Crosby ✓
Frank Sinatra ✓
11. 1965 – Which hurricane makes its second landfall near New Orleans and becomes the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage ?
Hurricane Debbie ✓
Hurricane Carol ✓
Hurricane Anna ✓
Hurricane Betsy ✓
12. 1972 – In the Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration team discovers a link between the Mammoth and which other cave system ?
Fisher Ridge ✓
Flint Ridge ✓
Binkley's Cave System ✓
Blue Spring ✓
13. 1991 – Which "stan" declares independence from the Soviet Union ?
Kyrgyzstan ✓
Uzbekistan ✓
Tajikistan ✓
Turkmenistan ✓
14. 2009 – The first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated in which city ?
Dubai ✓
Muscat ✓
Riyadh ✓
Abu Dhabi ✓
15. 2016 – The government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test. World leaders condemn the act, with South Korea calling it what ?
"Gravely Unsettling" ✓
"Warmongering" ✓
"The Act of a Crazy Person" ✓
"Maniacal Recklessness" ✓
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