On This Day (April 27th) Multiple Choice

1. 711 – Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula by landing at which place ?

2. 1521 – Which explorer is killed by natives led by chief Lapu-Lapu in the Philippines ?

3. 1667 – Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for how much ?

4. 1945 – World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in the village of Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as what ?

5. 1953 – The US offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. Known as which operation ?

6. 1960 – Which African country gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship ?

7. 1967 – Expo 67 officially opens with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world, in which city ?

8. 1992 – Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected as what in the UK ?

9. 1961 – Which country is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister ?

10. 2005 – Which aircraft had its maiden test flight ?

11. 2006 – Construction begins on the Freedom Tower in which city ?

12. 2018 – The Panmunjom Declaration is signed by which two countries ?

13. 2007 – Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of which city ?

14. 1923 – Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, is born today, she was the first female chief of which native American tribe ?

15. 1993 – All members of the which national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal ?